RE: [Xen-devel] Error reporting capabilities for libxc

["Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On 26/9/06 12:45, "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >> So, I've prototyped a simple error reporting mechanism for 
> libxc. The 
> >> idea is we first define an enum for the broad classes of 
> errors which can occur.
> > ...
> > 
> >> Any way, the upshot of all this work:
> >>   # xm create error
> >>   Using config file "error".
> >>   Error: [2, 'Kernel ELF architecture 3 does not match Xen 
> >> architecture 62']
> > 
> > IMHO this is sorely needed.  Any comments from XenSource people?
> 
> I'd agree something like this is necessary in the 3.0.4 
> timeframe. I'll let one of the guys more acquainted with xend 
> comment in detail. There's also the question of how this will 
> integrate with the proposed 'XenAPI'.

Yep, definitely needs to happen. However, I think we should at least
discuss alternative potentially less clunky implementation methods.
Perhaps we should use a thread local errno and error string variables?

Ian 


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