On 05/15/2018 10:26 AM, Andrew Jones wrote:
On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 04:48:33PM +0200, Igor Mammedov wrote:
When using following CLI:
   -numa dist,src=128,dst=1,val=20
user gets a rather confusing error message:
    "Invalid node 128, max possible could be 128"

Where 128 is number of nodes that QEMU supports (MAX_NODES),
while src/dst is an index up to that limit, so it should be
MAX_NODES - 1 in error message.
Make error message to explicitly state valid range for node
index to be more clear.

Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <[email protected]>
---

      if (src >= MAX_NODES || dst >= MAX_NODES) {
          error_setg(errp,
-                   "Invalid node %d, max possible could be %d",
-                   MAX(src, dst), MAX_NODES);
+                   "Invalid node %d, The valid node range is [0 - %d]",
                                       ^ should be a '.'

And maybe need a '.' at the end of the second sentence too, as it's not
an error phrase, but a real sentence.

Actually, error_setg() is documented as taking a single phrase (no '.' included), and that if you need a second sentence, it's better to use error_append_hint(). Maybe Markus has an opinion on the best way to word this error message.

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