File 0037-tools-kvm_stat-print-error-on-invalid-regex.patch of Package kvm_stat

From 429350ff8a1868b03d5c351e29ecbaa277f95454 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Raspl <stefan.raspl@de.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 13:59:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 37/43] tools/kvm_stat: print error on invalid regex

Entering an invalid regular expression did not produce any indication of an
error so far.
To reproduce, press 'f' and enter 'foo(' (with an unescaped bracket).

Signed-off-by: Stefan Raspl <raspl@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit 1cd8bfb1ed9962be6d80d5020508922aa93653ac)
[FL: FATE#325017]
Signed-off-by: Fei Li <fli@suse.com>
---
 tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
index 7038766c99f1..cb7f485c2e70 100755
--- a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
+++ b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
@@ -1179,6 +1179,7 @@ class Tui(object):
         Asks for a valid regex and sets the fields filter accordingly.
 
         """
+        msg = ''
         while True:
             self.screen.erase()
             self.screen.addstr(0, 0,
@@ -1187,6 +1188,7 @@ class Tui(object):
             self.screen.addstr(2, 0,
                                "Current regex: {0}"
                                .format(self.stats.fields_filter))
+            self.screen.addstr(5, 0, msg)
             self.screen.addstr(3, 0, "New regex: ")
             curses.echo()
             regex = self.screen.getstr().decode(ENCODING)
@@ -1201,6 +1203,7 @@ class Tui(object):
                 self.refresh_header()
                 return
             except re.error:
+                msg = '"' + regex + '": Not a valid regular expression'
                 continue
 
     def show_vm_selection_by_pid(self):
-- 
2.12.3