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-rw-r--r--chardev/char.c2
-rw-r--r--include/chardev/char.h4
-rw-r--r--vl.c10
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/chardev/char.c b/chardev/char.c
index c34b44abc9..5d283b90d3 100644
--- a/chardev/char.c
+++ b/chardev/char.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ Chardev *qemu_chr_new_from_opts(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
error_report("Available chardev backend types: %s", str->str);
g_string_free(str, true);
- exit(0);
+ return NULL;
}
if (id == NULL) {
diff --git a/include/chardev/char.h b/include/chardev/char.h
index 1604ea9143..66dde4637e 100644
--- a/include/chardev/char.h
+++ b/include/chardev/char.h
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ struct Chardev {
*
* @opts see qemu-config.c for a list of valid options
*
- * Returns: a new character backend
+ * Returns: on success: a new character backend
+ * otherwise: NULL; @errp specifies the error
+ * or left untouched in case of help option
*/
Chardev *qemu_chr_new_from_opts(QemuOpts *opts,
Error **errp);
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index dd803fc244..99fcfa0442 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2344,10 +2344,12 @@ static int chardev_init_func(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
{
Error *local_err = NULL;
- qemu_chr_new_from_opts(opts, &local_err);
- if (local_err) {
- error_report_err(local_err);
- return -1;
+ if (!qemu_chr_new_from_opts(opts, &local_err)) {
+ if (local_err) {
+ error_report_err(local_err);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ exit(0);
}
return 0;
}