fw_cfg patches

Fixes the DEADCODE issue reported by Coverity (CID 1430396).
 
 CI jobs result:
 . https://gitlab.com/philmd/qemu/-/pipelines/169086301
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/philmd-gitlab/tags/fw_cfg-20200721' into staging

fw_cfg patches

Fixes the DEADCODE issue reported by Coverity (CID 1430396).

CI jobs result:
. https://gitlab.com/philmd/qemu/-/pipelines/169086301

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* remotes/philmd-gitlab/tags/fw_cfg-20200721:
  hw/nvram/fw_cfg: Let fw_cfg_add_from_generator() return boolean value
  hw/nvram/fw_cfg: Simplify fw_cfg_add_from_generator() error propagation

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c

@@ -1032,10 +1032,9 @@ void *fw_cfg_modify_file(FWCfgState *s, const char *filename,
     return NULL;
 }
 
-void fw_cfg_add_from_generator(FWCfgState *s, const char *filename,
+bool fw_cfg_add_from_generator(FWCfgState *s, const char *filename,
                                const char *gen_id, Error **errp)
 {
-    ERRP_GUARD();
     FWCfgDataGeneratorClass *klass;
     GByteArray *array;
     Object *obj;
@@ -1044,20 +1043,22 @@ void fw_cfg_add_from_generator(FWCfgState *s, const char *filename,
     obj = object_resolve_path_component(object_get_objects_root(), gen_id);
     if (!obj) {
         error_setg(errp, "Cannot find object ID '%s'", gen_id);
-        return;
+        return false;
     }
     if (!object_dynamic_cast(obj, TYPE_FW_CFG_DATA_GENERATOR_INTERFACE)) {
         error_setg(errp, "Object ID '%s' is not a '%s' subclass",
                    gen_id, TYPE_FW_CFG_DATA_GENERATOR_INTERFACE);
-        return;
+        return false;
     }
     klass = FW_CFG_DATA_GENERATOR_GET_CLASS(obj);
     array = klass->get_data(obj, errp);
-    if (*errp) {
+    if (!array) {
-        return;
+        return false;
     }
     size = array->len;
     fw_cfg_add_file(s, filename, g_byte_array_free(array, TRUE), size);
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 static void fw_cfg_machine_reset(void *opaque)

include/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.h

@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ typedef struct FWCfgDataGeneratorClass {
      * @obj: the object implementing this interface
      * @errp: pointer to a NULL-initialized error object
      *
-     * Returns: reference to a byte array containing the data.
+     * Returns: reference to a byte array containing the data on success,
+     *          or NULL on error.
+     *
      * The caller should release the reference when no longer
      * required.
      */
@@ -302,8 +304,10 @@ void *fw_cfg_modify_file(FWCfgState *s, const char *filename, void *data,
  * will be used; also, a new entry will be added to the file directory
  * structure residing at key value FW_CFG_FILE_DIR, containing the item name,
  * data size, and assigned selector key value.
+ *
+ * Returns: %true on success, %false on error.
  */
-void fw_cfg_add_from_generator(FWCfgState *s, const char *filename,
+bool fw_cfg_add_from_generator(FWCfgState *s, const char *filename,
                                const char *gen_id, Error **errp);
 
 FWCfgState *fw_cfg_init_io_dma(uint32_t iobase, uint32_t dma_iobase,

softmmu/vl.c

@@ -2070,11 +2070,7 @@ static int parse_fw_cfg(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
         size = strlen(str); /* NUL terminator NOT included in fw_cfg blob */
         buf = g_memdup(str, size);
     } else if (nonempty_str(gen_id)) {
-        Error *local_err = NULL;
+        if (!fw_cfg_add_from_generator(fw_cfg, name, gen_id, errp)) {
-
-        fw_cfg_add_from_generator(fw_cfg, name, gen_id, errp);
-        if (local_err) {
-            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
             return -1;
         }
         return 0;