error: New error_printf() and error_vprintf()

qemu-error.c

@@ -1,18 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Error reporting
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>,
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "monitor.h"
 #include "sysemu.h"
 
+/*
+ * Print to current monitor if we have one, else to stderr.
+ * TODO should return int, so callers can calculate width, but that
+ * requires surgery to monitor_vprintf().  Left for another day.
+ */
+void error_vprintf(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+    if (cur_mon) {
+        monitor_vprintf(cur_mon, fmt, ap);
+    } else {
+        vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Print to current monitor if we have one, else to stderr.
+ * TODO just like error_vprintf()
+ */
+void error_printf(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
+    error_vprintf(fmt, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+}
+
 void qemu_error(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-    va_list args;
+    va_list ap;
 
-    va_start(args, fmt);
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
-    if (cur_mon) {
+    error_vprintf(fmt, ap);
-        monitor_vprintf(cur_mon, fmt, args);
+    va_end(ap);
-    } else {
-        vfprintf(stderr, fmt, args);
-    }
-    va_end(args);
 }
 
 void qemu_error_internal(const char *file, int linenr, const char *func,

qemu-error.h

@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Error reporting
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>,
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
 #ifndef QEMU_ERROR_H
 #define QEMU_ERROR_H
 
+void error_vprintf(const char *fmt, va_list ap);
+void error_printf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 void qemu_error(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 void qemu_error_internal(const char *file, int linenr, const char *func,
                          const char *fmt, ...)