Bug 178937 – [WPE] Add some error reporting during EGL display/context creation

• Component: WPE WebKit
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Adrian Perez]

Currently it is very hard to determine what went wrong when EGL fails
to create valid contexts for us, with only the following being written
into standard error (see bug #178896 for one instance of this):

    PlatformDisplayWPE: could not create the EGL display.

It would be a good idea to add some calls to “eglGetError()” and write
some more information to standard error on failure. Admittedly, using
“eglGetError()” won't get us particularly chatty messages, but it would
be better than the current situation.

[Adrian Perez]

Created attachment 325162 [details]
RFC patch, to get the discussion started.

[Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez]

Comment on attachment 325162 [details]
RFC patch, to get the discussion started.

Looks good to me. I think getting a meaningful error when things go wrong is very important. I hate when things just crash or fail without telling why.
So feel free to upload it for review. I will r+ it if no further comments in a few days from other reviewer.

[Miguel Gomez]

(In reply to Adrian Perez from comment #1)
> Created attachment 325162 [details]
> RFC patch, to get the discussion started.

LGTM as well! :)

[Michael Catanzaro]

As I mentoined in bug #178896, the output when I run dyz is now:

PlatformDisplayWPE: could not create the EGL display: EGL_SUCCESS.
Cannot create EGL context: invalid display (last error: EGL_BAD_PARAMETER)

I'm not sure why there's no PlatformDisplayWPE if the error is EGL_SUCCESS, but that should have a different error message. Reminds me of those "Error: success" Windows screeshots.

[Adrian Perez]

Provided that we seem to agree in that having this landed, I'll
rebase the patch, add a proper ChangeLog entry, and re-upload it.

[Adrian Perez]

Created attachment 325382 [details]
Patch

[Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez]

Comment on attachment 325382 [details]
Patch

It seems the GTK EWS failed.

[Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez]

Comment on attachment 325382 [details]
Patch

r- due to failed GTK EWS on the patch

[Adrian Perez]

(In reply to Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez from comment #8)
> Comment on attachment 325382 [details]
> Patch
> 
> r- due to failed GTK EWS on the patch

I'm on it. The build failure happens locally for me so it won't be
hard fix and make sure the GTK+ port builds fine as well ;-)

[Adrian Perez]

Created attachment 325432 [details]
Patch

This version builds fine, it includes "GLContextEGL.h" when USE(EGL) is enabled.

[WebKit Commit Bot]

Comment on attachment 325432 [details]
Patch

Clearing flags on attachment: 325432

Committed r224347: <https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/224347>

[WebKit Commit Bot]

All reviewed patches have been landed.  Closing bug.