More verbosity and error checking.

--HG--
extra : convert_revision : svn%3Ac70aab31-4412-0410-b14c-859654838e24/trunk%403546

src/haptic/SDL_haptic.c

@@ -66,13 +66,20 @@ ValidHaptic(SDL_Haptic * haptic)
     int valid;
 
     valid = 0;
-    for (i = 0; i < SDL_numhaptics; i++) {
-        if (SDL_haptics[i] == haptic) {
-            valid = 1;
-            break;
+    if (haptic != NULL) {
+        for (i = 0; i < SDL_numhaptics; i++) {
+            if (SDL_haptics[i] == haptic) {
+                valid = 1;
+                break;
+            }
         }
     }
 
+    /* Create the error here. */
+    if (valid == 0) {
+        SDL_SetError("Haptic: Invalid haptic device identifier");
+    }
+
     return valid;
 }
 

src/haptic/linux/SDL_syshaptic.c

@@ -395,17 +395,28 @@ SDL_SYS_HapticOpenFromJoystick(SDL_Haptic * haptic, SDL_Joystick * joystick)
     int fd;
     int ret;
 
+
     /* Find the joystick in the haptic list. */
     for (i = 0; i < MAX_HAPTICS; i++) {
         if (SDL_hapticlist[i].fname != NULL) {
             if (SDL_strcmp(SDL_hapticlist[i].fname, joystick->hwdata->fname)
                 == 0) {
                 haptic->index = i;
+                break;
             }
         }
     }
+    if (i >= MAX_HAPTICS) {
+        SDL_SetError("Haptic: Joystick doesn't have Haptic capabilities");
+        return -1;
+    }
 
     fd = open(joystick->hwdata->fname, O_RDWR, 0);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        SDL_SetError("Haptic: Unable to open %s: %s",
+                     joystick->hwdata->fname, strerror(errno));
+        return -1;
+    }
     ret = SDL_SYS_HapticOpenFromFD(haptic, fd); /* Already closes on error. */
     if (ret < 0) {
         return -1;