Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] monitor: Add HMP and QMP interfaces

[Yang Zhong]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 01:56:13PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 02:48:37PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > On 13/09/21 11:35, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > > >    g_autoptr(Error) err = NULL
> > > I was mistaken here - Error shouldn't use g_autoptr, just
> > > 
> > >     Error err = NULL;
> > > 
> > > > > +    SGXInfo *info = qmp_query_sgx(NULL);
> > > > Pass in &err not NULL;
> > > > 
> > > > Also  declare it with  'g_autoptr(SGXInfo) info = ...'
> > > > 
> > > > And then
> > > > 
> > > >     if (err) {
> > > >        monitor_printf(mon, "%s\n", error_get_pretty(err);
> > > Then use the simpler:
> > > 
> > >      error_report_err(err);
> > 
> > Indeed.
> > 
> > That said, more long term (but this is something Coccinelle could help with)
> > perhaps error_report_err should not free the error, and instead we should
> > use g_autoptr(Error) in the callers.  I don't like functions that do not
> > have free in their name and yet free a pointer...
> 
> Yes, this error_report_err surprises me every 6 months when I
> come to deal with it. So I think using g_autoptr would be a
> nice replacement, with no additional burden in terms of lines
> of code in callers too.
>

  Do we need call qapi_free_SGXInfo(info) here?

  In previous code design, the code like below:

  SGXInfo *info = qmp_query_sgx(&err);
  ......
  qapi_free_SGXInfo(info);


  Yang

 
> Regards,
> Daniel
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