linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 16/18] KVM: TDX: Derive error argument names from the local variable names

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Message-ID: <dc3f18f3bae563c709ce15906a6d171b035de1de.camel@intel.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:06 +0000
From: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
To: "pbonzini@...hat.com" <pbonzini@...hat.com>, "seanjc@...gle.com"
	<seanjc@...gle.com>
CC: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@...el.com>, "ackerleytng@...gle.com"
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 16/18] KVM: TDX: Derive error argument names from
 the local variable names

On Thu, 2025-08-28 at 17:06 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> When printing SEAMCALL errors, use the name of the variable holding an
> error parameter instead of the register from whence it came, so that flows
> which use descriptive variable names will similarly print descriptive
> error messages.
> 
> Suggested-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> ---

Tested that it actually prints out what is expected.