The next few commits will put the errors to use where appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <1488317230-26248-13-git-send-email-armbru@redhat.com>