The error message changes from vhost-scsi: open vhost char device failed: REASON to Could not open '/dev/vhost-scsi': REASON I think the exact file name is more useful to know than the file's purpose. We could put back the "vhost-scsi: " prefix with error_prepend(). Not worth the bother. Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster --- hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c index cdf405b0f8..239138c931 100644 --- a/hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c +++ b/hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c @@ -245,8 +245,7 @@ static void vhost_scsi_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp) } else { vhostfd = open("/dev/vhost-scsi", O_RDWR); if (vhostfd < 0) { - error_setg(errp, "vhost-scsi: open vhost char device failed: %s", - strerror(errno)); + error_setg_file_open(errp, errno, "/dev/vhost-scsi"); return; } } -- 2.49.0