hmp: Allow for error message hints on HMP

Commits 7216ae3d and d2828429 disabled some error message hints,
all because a change to use modern error reporting meant that the
hint would be output prior to the actual error.  Fix this by making
hints a first-class member of Error.

For example, we are now back to the pleasant:

 $ qemu-system-x86_64 --nodefaults -S --vnc :0 --chardev null,id=,
 qemu-system-x86_64: --chardev null,id=,: Parameter 'id' expects an identifier
 Identifiers consist of letters, digits, '-', '.', '_', starting with a letter.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <1441901956-21991-1-git-send-email-eblake@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
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Eric Blake 2015-09-10 10:19:16 -06:00 committed by Markus Armbruster
parent 615cf669b5
commit 50b7b000c9
4 changed files with 57 additions and 35 deletions

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@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ void error_setg_win32_internal(Error **errp,
*/
void error_propagate(Error **dst_errp, Error *local_err);
/**
* Append a printf-style human-readable explanation to an existing error.
* May be called multiple times, and safe if @errp is NULL.
*/
void error_append_hint(Error **errp, const char *fmt, ...)
GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3);
/*
* Convenience function to report open() failure.
*/