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[03/14] qerror: drop qerror_abort()

Message ID 1343249431-9245-4-git-send-email-lcapitulino@redhat.com
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Luiz Capitulino July 25, 2012, 8:50 p.m. UTC
Previously, developers had to create error dicts manually and also enter
the matching desc table entry. Thus, qerro_abort() was added to help
catching bad error dicts.

Today, all that stuff is generated automatically which makes the chance
of a bad generated dict quite low.

Also, qerror_abort() would... _abort_ on a bad error dict!

This commit maintains the same verification logic on the error object
but drops the abort() in favor of reporting UndefinedError for bad dicts
(and also print a debug message to stderr).

Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
---
 qerror.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

Comments

Markus Armbruster July 26, 2012, 12:33 p.m. UTC | #1
Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com> writes:

> Previously, developers had to create error dicts manually and also enter
> the matching desc table entry. Thus, qerro_abort() was added to help

s/qerro_/qerror_/

> catching bad error dicts.
>
> Today, all that stuff is generated automatically which makes the chance
> of a bad generated dict quite low.

The generator can only generate well-formed dicts, right?

> Also, qerror_abort() would... _abort_ on a bad error dict!

In my opinion, it's perfectly fine to abort on a programming error.

> This commit maintains the same verification logic on the error object
> but drops the abort() in favor of reporting UndefinedError for bad dicts
> (and also print a debug message to stderr).

I certainly won't object to your elaborate handling, but me, I'd simply
replace qerror_abort() by straight abort() and be done with it *shrug*

> Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
> ---
>  qerror.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
>  1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/qerror.c b/qerror.c
> index d428b52..74b3659 100644
> --- a/qerror.c
> +++ b/qerror.c
> @@ -38,55 +38,50 @@ static QError *qerror_new(void)
>      return qerr;
>  }
>  
> -static void GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3) qerror_abort(const QError *qerr,
> -                                            const char *fmt, ...)
> -{
> -    va_list ap;
> -
> -    fprintf(stderr, "qerror: bad call in function '%s':\n", qerr->func);
> -    fprintf(stderr, "qerror: -> ");
> -
> -    va_start(ap, fmt);
> -    vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
> -    va_end(ap);
> -
> -    fprintf(stderr, "\nqerror: call at %s:%d\n", qerr->file, qerr->linenr);
> -    abort();
> -}
> -
> -static void GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 0) qerror_set_data(QError *qerr,
> -                                               const char *fmt, va_list *va)
> +static QDict *error_object_from_fmt(const char *fmt, va_list *va)
>  {
>      QObject *obj;
> +    QDict *ret;
>  
>      obj = qobject_from_jsonv(fmt, va);
>      if (!obj) {
> -        qerror_abort(qerr, "invalid format '%s'", fmt);
> +        fprintf(stderr, "invalid json in error dict '%s'\n", fmt);
> +        return NULL;
>      }
>      if (qobject_type(obj) != QTYPE_QDICT) {
> -        qerror_abort(qerr, "error format is not a QDict '%s'", fmt);
> +        fprintf(stderr, "error is not a dict '%s'\n", fmt);
> +        goto out_free;
>      }
>  
> -    qerr->error = qobject_to_qdict(obj);
> -
> -    obj = qdict_get(qerr->error, "class");
> +    ret = qobject_to_qdict(obj);
> +    obj = qdict_get(ret, "class");
>      if (!obj) {
> -        qerror_abort(qerr, "missing 'class' key in '%s'", fmt);
> +        fprintf(stderr, "missing 'class' key in '%s'\n", fmt);
> +        goto out_free;
>      }
>      if (qobject_type(obj) != QTYPE_QSTRING) {
> -        qerror_abort(qerr, "'class' key value should be a QString");
> +        fprintf(stderr, "'class' key value should be a string in '%s'\n", fmt);
> +        goto out_free;
>      }
> -    
> -    obj = qdict_get(qerr->error, "data");
> +
> +    obj = qdict_get(ret, "data");
>      if (!obj) {
> -        qerror_abort(qerr, "missing 'data' key in '%s'", fmt);
> +        fprintf(stderr, "missing 'data' key in '%s'\n", fmt);
> +        goto out_free;
>      }
>      if (qobject_type(obj) != QTYPE_QDICT) {
> -        qerror_abort(qerr, "'data' key value should be a QDICT");
> +        fprintf(stderr, "'data' key value should be a dict in '%s'\n", fmt);
> +        goto out_free;
>      }
> +
> +    return ret;
> +
> +out_free:
> +    qobject_decref(obj);
> +    return NULL;
>  }
>  
> -static void qerror_set_desc(QError *qerr, const char *fmt)
> +static const QErrorStringTable *error_get_desc(const char *fmt)
>  {
>      int i;
>  
> @@ -94,12 +89,17 @@ static void qerror_set_desc(QError *qerr, const char *fmt)
>  
>      for (i = 0; qerror_table[i].error_fmt; i++) {
>          if (strcmp(qerror_table[i].error_fmt, fmt) == 0) {
> -            qerr->entry = &qerror_table[i];
> -            return;
> +            return &qerror_table[i];
>          }
>      }
>  
> -    qerror_abort(qerr, "error format '%s' not found", fmt);
> +    fprintf(stderr, "error format '%s' not found\n", fmt);
> +    return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static QDict *build_error_no_arg(const char *fmt)
> +{
> +    return qobject_to_qdict(qobject_from_jsonv(fmt, NULL));
>  }
>  
>  /**
> @@ -127,13 +127,22 @@ static QError *qerror_from_info(const char *file, int linenr, const char *func,
>      qerr->file = file;
>      qerr->func = func;
>  
> -    if (!fmt) {
> -        qerror_abort(qerr, "QDict not specified");
> +    qerr->error = error_object_from_fmt(fmt, va);
> +    if (!qerr->error) {
> +        goto bad_err;
> +    }
> +
> +    qerr->entry = error_get_desc(fmt);
> +    if (!qerr->entry) {
> +        QDECREF(qerr->error);
> +        goto bad_err;
>      }
>  
> -    qerror_set_data(qerr, fmt, va);
> -    qerror_set_desc(qerr, fmt);
> +    return qerr;
>  
> +bad_err:
> +    qerr->error = build_error_no_arg(QERR_UNDEFINED_ERROR);

Nit: defeats gcc's format checking.  This shouldn't:

       qerr->error = qobject_to_qdict(qobject_from_json(QERR_UNDEFINED_ERROR));

> +    qerr->entry = error_get_desc(QERR_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
>      return qerr;
>  }
Eric Blake July 26, 2012, 12:59 p.m. UTC | #2
On 07/25/2012 02:50 PM, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> Previously, developers had to create error dicts manually and also enter
> the matching desc table entry. Thus, qerro_abort() was added to help

s/qerro_/qerror_/

> catching bad error dicts.
> 
> Today, all that stuff is generated automatically which makes the chance
> of a bad generated dict quite low.
> 
> Also, qerror_abort() would... _abort_ on a bad error dict!
> 
> This commit maintains the same verification logic on the error object
> but drops the abort() in favor of reporting UndefinedError for bad dicts
> (and also print a debug message to stderr).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
> ---
Luiz Capitulino July 26, 2012, 3:02 p.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:33:23 +0200
Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> wrote:

> Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > Previously, developers had to create error dicts manually and also enter
> > the matching desc table entry. Thus, qerro_abort() was added to help
> 
> s/qerro_/qerror_/
> 
> > catching bad error dicts.
> >
> > Today, all that stuff is generated automatically which makes the chance
> > of a bad generated dict quite low.
> 
> The generator can only generate well-formed dicts, right?

I didn't say that. I said the chances of generating a bad dict is low,
specially in production.

> 
> > Also, qerror_abort() would... _abort_ on a bad error dict!
> 
> In my opinion, it's perfectly fine to abort on a programming error.

In this case it's quite easy to recover, so why should we abort?

> 
> > This commit maintains the same verification logic on the error object
> > but drops the abort() in favor of reporting UndefinedError for bad dicts
> > (and also print a debug message to stderr).
> 
> I certainly won't object to your elaborate handling, but me, I'd simply
> replace qerror_abort() by straight abort() and be done with it *shrug*

Well, honestly speaking, I did this while I was re-reading that code and
I ended up dropping it down this series (remember this is an RFC) :)

But I think I'll add it back for v1.

> 
> > Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  qerror.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
> >  1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/qerror.c b/qerror.c
> > index d428b52..74b3659 100644
> > --- a/qerror.c
> > +++ b/qerror.c
> > @@ -38,55 +38,50 @@ static QError *qerror_new(void)
> >      return qerr;
> >  }
> >  
> > -static void GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3) qerror_abort(const QError *qerr,
> > -                                            const char *fmt, ...)
> > -{
> > -    va_list ap;
> > -
> > -    fprintf(stderr, "qerror: bad call in function '%s':\n", qerr->func);
> > -    fprintf(stderr, "qerror: -> ");
> > -
> > -    va_start(ap, fmt);
> > -    vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
> > -    va_end(ap);
> > -
> > -    fprintf(stderr, "\nqerror: call at %s:%d\n", qerr->file, qerr->linenr);
> > -    abort();
> > -}
> > -
> > -static void GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 0) qerror_set_data(QError *qerr,
> > -                                               const char *fmt, va_list *va)
> > +static QDict *error_object_from_fmt(const char *fmt, va_list *va)
> >  {
> >      QObject *obj;
> > +    QDict *ret;
> >  
> >      obj = qobject_from_jsonv(fmt, va);
> >      if (!obj) {
> > -        qerror_abort(qerr, "invalid format '%s'", fmt);
> > +        fprintf(stderr, "invalid json in error dict '%s'\n", fmt);
> > +        return NULL;
> >      }
> >      if (qobject_type(obj) != QTYPE_QDICT) {
> > -        qerror_abort(qerr, "error format is not a QDict '%s'", fmt);
> > +        fprintf(stderr, "error is not a dict '%s'\n", fmt);
> > +        goto out_free;
> >      }
> >  
> > -    qerr->error = qobject_to_qdict(obj);
> > -
> > -    obj = qdict_get(qerr->error, "class");
> > +    ret = qobject_to_qdict(obj);
> > +    obj = qdict_get(ret, "class");
> >      if (!obj) {
> > -        qerror_abort(qerr, "missing 'class' key in '%s'", fmt);
> > +        fprintf(stderr, "missing 'class' key in '%s'\n", fmt);
> > +        goto out_free;
> >      }
> >      if (qobject_type(obj) != QTYPE_QSTRING) {
> > -        qerror_abort(qerr, "'class' key value should be a QString");
> > +        fprintf(stderr, "'class' key value should be a string in '%s'\n", fmt);
> > +        goto out_free;
> >      }
> > -    
> > -    obj = qdict_get(qerr->error, "data");
> > +
> > +    obj = qdict_get(ret, "data");
> >      if (!obj) {
> > -        qerror_abort(qerr, "missing 'data' key in '%s'", fmt);
> > +        fprintf(stderr, "missing 'data' key in '%s'\n", fmt);
> > +        goto out_free;
> >      }
> >      if (qobject_type(obj) != QTYPE_QDICT) {
> > -        qerror_abort(qerr, "'data' key value should be a QDICT");
> > +        fprintf(stderr, "'data' key value should be a dict in '%s'\n", fmt);
> > +        goto out_free;
> >      }
> > +
> > +    return ret;
> > +
> > +out_free:
> > +    qobject_decref(obj);
> > +    return NULL;
> >  }
> >  
> > -static void qerror_set_desc(QError *qerr, const char *fmt)
> > +static const QErrorStringTable *error_get_desc(const char *fmt)
> >  {
> >      int i;
> >  
> > @@ -94,12 +89,17 @@ static void qerror_set_desc(QError *qerr, const char *fmt)
> >  
> >      for (i = 0; qerror_table[i].error_fmt; i++) {
> >          if (strcmp(qerror_table[i].error_fmt, fmt) == 0) {
> > -            qerr->entry = &qerror_table[i];
> > -            return;
> > +            return &qerror_table[i];
> >          }
> >      }
> >  
> > -    qerror_abort(qerr, "error format '%s' not found", fmt);
> > +    fprintf(stderr, "error format '%s' not found\n", fmt);
> > +    return NULL;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static QDict *build_error_no_arg(const char *fmt)
> > +{
> > +    return qobject_to_qdict(qobject_from_jsonv(fmt, NULL));
> >  }
> >  
> >  /**
> > @@ -127,13 +127,22 @@ static QError *qerror_from_info(const char *file, int linenr, const char *func,
> >      qerr->file = file;
> >      qerr->func = func;
> >  
> > -    if (!fmt) {
> > -        qerror_abort(qerr, "QDict not specified");
> > +    qerr->error = error_object_from_fmt(fmt, va);
> > +    if (!qerr->error) {
> > +        goto bad_err;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    qerr->entry = error_get_desc(fmt);
> > +    if (!qerr->entry) {
> > +        QDECREF(qerr->error);
> > +        goto bad_err;
> >      }
> >  
> > -    qerror_set_data(qerr, fmt, va);
> > -    qerror_set_desc(qerr, fmt);
> > +    return qerr;
> >  
> > +bad_err:
> > +    qerr->error = build_error_no_arg(QERR_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
> 
> Nit: defeats gcc's format checking.  This shouldn't:
> 
>        qerr->error = qobject_to_qdict(qobject_from_json(QERR_UNDEFINED_ERROR));
> 
> > +    qerr->entry = error_get_desc(QERR_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
> >      return qerr;
> >  }
>
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Patch

diff --git a/qerror.c b/qerror.c
index d428b52..74b3659 100644
--- a/qerror.c
+++ b/qerror.c
@@ -38,55 +38,50 @@  static QError *qerror_new(void)
     return qerr;
 }
 
-static void GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3) qerror_abort(const QError *qerr,
-                                            const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-    va_list ap;
-
-    fprintf(stderr, "qerror: bad call in function '%s':\n", qerr->func);
-    fprintf(stderr, "qerror: -> ");
-
-    va_start(ap, fmt);
-    vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
-    va_end(ap);
-
-    fprintf(stderr, "\nqerror: call at %s:%d\n", qerr->file, qerr->linenr);
-    abort();
-}
-
-static void GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 0) qerror_set_data(QError *qerr,
-                                               const char *fmt, va_list *va)
+static QDict *error_object_from_fmt(const char *fmt, va_list *va)
 {
     QObject *obj;
+    QDict *ret;
 
     obj = qobject_from_jsonv(fmt, va);
     if (!obj) {
-        qerror_abort(qerr, "invalid format '%s'", fmt);
+        fprintf(stderr, "invalid json in error dict '%s'\n", fmt);
+        return NULL;
     }
     if (qobject_type(obj) != QTYPE_QDICT) {
-        qerror_abort(qerr, "error format is not a QDict '%s'", fmt);
+        fprintf(stderr, "error is not a dict '%s'\n", fmt);
+        goto out_free;
     }
 
-    qerr->error = qobject_to_qdict(obj);
-
-    obj = qdict_get(qerr->error, "class");
+    ret = qobject_to_qdict(obj);
+    obj = qdict_get(ret, "class");
     if (!obj) {
-        qerror_abort(qerr, "missing 'class' key in '%s'", fmt);
+        fprintf(stderr, "missing 'class' key in '%s'\n", fmt);
+        goto out_free;
     }
     if (qobject_type(obj) != QTYPE_QSTRING) {
-        qerror_abort(qerr, "'class' key value should be a QString");
+        fprintf(stderr, "'class' key value should be a string in '%s'\n", fmt);
+        goto out_free;
     }
-    
-    obj = qdict_get(qerr->error, "data");
+
+    obj = qdict_get(ret, "data");
     if (!obj) {
-        qerror_abort(qerr, "missing 'data' key in '%s'", fmt);
+        fprintf(stderr, "missing 'data' key in '%s'\n", fmt);
+        goto out_free;
     }
     if (qobject_type(obj) != QTYPE_QDICT) {
-        qerror_abort(qerr, "'data' key value should be a QDICT");
+        fprintf(stderr, "'data' key value should be a dict in '%s'\n", fmt);
+        goto out_free;
     }
+
+    return ret;
+
+out_free:
+    qobject_decref(obj);
+    return NULL;
 }
 
-static void qerror_set_desc(QError *qerr, const char *fmt)
+static const QErrorStringTable *error_get_desc(const char *fmt)
 {
     int i;
 
@@ -94,12 +89,17 @@  static void qerror_set_desc(QError *qerr, const char *fmt)
 
     for (i = 0; qerror_table[i].error_fmt; i++) {
         if (strcmp(qerror_table[i].error_fmt, fmt) == 0) {
-            qerr->entry = &qerror_table[i];
-            return;
+            return &qerror_table[i];
         }
     }
 
-    qerror_abort(qerr, "error format '%s' not found", fmt);
+    fprintf(stderr, "error format '%s' not found\n", fmt);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static QDict *build_error_no_arg(const char *fmt)
+{
+    return qobject_to_qdict(qobject_from_jsonv(fmt, NULL));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -127,13 +127,22 @@  static QError *qerror_from_info(const char *file, int linenr, const char *func,
     qerr->file = file;
     qerr->func = func;
 
-    if (!fmt) {
-        qerror_abort(qerr, "QDict not specified");
+    qerr->error = error_object_from_fmt(fmt, va);
+    if (!qerr->error) {
+        goto bad_err;
+    }
+
+    qerr->entry = error_get_desc(fmt);
+    if (!qerr->entry) {
+        QDECREF(qerr->error);
+        goto bad_err;
     }
 
-    qerror_set_data(qerr, fmt, va);
-    qerror_set_desc(qerr, fmt);
+    return qerr;
 
+bad_err:
+    qerr->error = build_error_no_arg(QERR_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
+    qerr->entry = error_get_desc(QERR_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
     return qerr;
 }