[libvirt] [PATCH] Report error when parsing character device target type

[Jim Fehlig]

Eric Blake wrote:
> On 05/09/2012 11:48 AM, Jim Fehlig wrote:
>   
>> No useful error was being reported when an invalid character device
>> target type is specified in the domainXML. E.g.
>>
>>     ...
>>     <console type="pty">
>>       <source path="/dev/pts/2"/>
>>       <target type="kvm" port="0"/>
>>     </console>
>>     ...
>>
>> resulted in
>>
>> error: Failed to define domain from x.xml
>> error: An error occurred, but the cause is unknown
>>
>> With this small patch, the error is more helpful
>>
>> error: Failed to define domain from x.xml
>> error: XML error: unknown target type 'kvm' specified for character device
>> ---
>>  src/conf/domain_conf.c |    3 +++
>>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
>> index 976e42b..54ac1db 100644
>> --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
>> +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
>> @@ -4895,6 +4895,9 @@ virDomainChrDefParseTargetXML(virCapsPtr caps,
>>      if ((def->targetType =
>>           virDomainChrTargetTypeFromString(caps, vmdef,
>>                                            def->deviceType, targetType)) < 0) {
>> +        virDomainReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
>> +                             _("unknown target type '%s' specified for character device"),
>> +                             targetType);
>>          goto error;
>>     
>
> ACK.
>   

Thanks, pushed.

Jim