Re: [PATCH] vfio: don't ignore return value of migrate_add_blocker

[Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>]

On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 14:34:49 +0100
Jens Freimann <jfreimann@redhat.com> wrote:

> When an error occurs in migrate_add_blocker() it sets a
> negative return value and uses error pointer we pass in.
> Instead of just looking at the error pointer check for a negative return
> value and avoid a coverity error because the return value is
> set but never used. This fixes CID 1407219.
> 
> Fixes: f045a0104c8c ("vfio: unplug failover primary device before
>   migration")
> Signed-off-by: Jens Freimann <jfreimann@redhat.com>
> ---
>  hw/vfio/pci.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
> index e6569a7968..ed01774673 100644
> --- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
> +++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
> @@ -2737,7 +2737,7 @@ static void vfio_realize(PCIDevice *pdev, Error **errp)
>          error_setg(&vdev->migration_blocker,
>                  "VFIO device doesn't support migration");
>          ret = migrate_add_blocker(vdev->migration_blocker, &err);
> -        if (err) {
> +        if (ret) {
>              error_propagate(errp, err);
>              error_free(vdev->migration_blocker);
>              return;

Slightly late notice, but I did include this in my last pull request
and it's included in v4.2.0-rc2 with Stefano and Philippe's R-b.
Thanks,

Alex