new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Use &error_abort in TypeInfo::instance_init()
+//
+// Copyright: (C) 2020 Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
+// This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPLv2 or later.
+//
+// spatch \
+// --macro-file scripts/cocci-macro-file.h --include-headers \
+// --sp-file scripts/coccinelle/use-error_abort-in-instance_init.cocci \
+// --keep-comments --in-place
+//
+// Inspired by https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg692500.html
+// and https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg693637.html
+
+
+@ has_qapi_error @
+@@
+ #include "qapi/error.h"
+
+
+@ match_instance_init @
+TypeInfo info;
+identifier instance_initfn;
+@@
+ info.instance_init = instance_initfn;
+
+
+@ use_error_abort_in_instance_init @
+identifier match_instance_init.instance_initfn;
+identifier func_with_error != {qbus_create_inplace, object_initialize_child};
+position pos;
+@@
+void instance_initfn(...)
+{
+ <+...
+ func_with_error@pos(...,
+- NULL);
++ &error_abort);
+ ...+>
+}
+
+
+@ depends on use_error_abort_in_instance_init && !has_qapi_error @
+@@
+ #include ...
++ #include "qapi/error.h"
@@ -2060,6 +2060,7 @@ F: scripts/coccinelle/error-use-after-free.cocci
F: scripts/coccinelle/error_propagate_null.cocci
F: scripts/coccinelle/remove_local_err.cocci
F: scripts/coccinelle/simplify-init-realize-error_propagate.cocci
+F: scripts/coccinelle/use-error_abort-in-instance_init.cocci
F: scripts/coccinelle/use-error_fatal.cocci
F: scripts/coccinelle/use-error_propagate-in-realize.cocci
The instance_init() calls are not suppose to fail. Add a Coccinelle script to use &error_abort instead of ignoring errors by using a NULL Error*. Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org> --- v3: Improved script (Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy suggestions) .../use-error_abort-in-instance_init.cocci | 45 +++++++++++++++++++ MAINTAINERS | 1 + 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 scripts/coccinelle/use-error_abort-in-instance_init.cocci