1 files changed, 52 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/error.rs b/src/util/error.rs
index 804a0d4d..390327f1 100644
--- a/src/util/error.rs
+++ b/src/util/error.rs
@@ -1,34 +1,12 @@
 //! Module containing error types used in Garage
-use err_derive::Error;
-use hyper::StatusCode;
+use std::fmt;
 use std::io;
 
-use crate::data::*;
-
-/// RPC related errors
-#[derive(Debug, Error)]
-pub enum RpcError {
-	#[error(display = "Node is down: {:?}.", _0)]
-	NodeDown(Uuid),
-
-	#[error(display = "Timeout")]
-	Timeout,
-
-	#[error(display = "HTTP error: {}", _0)]
-	Http(#[error(source)] http::Error),
-
-	#[error(display = "Hyper error: {}", _0)]
-	Hyper(#[error(source)] hyper::Error),
+use err_derive::Error;
 
-	#[error(display = "Messagepack encode error: {}", _0)]
-	RmpEncode(#[error(source)] rmp_serde::encode::Error),
+use serde::{de::Visitor, Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
 
-	#[error(display = "Messagepack decode error: {}", _0)]
-	RmpDecode(#[error(source)] rmp_serde::decode::Error),
-
-	#[error(display = "Too many errors: {:?}", _0)]
-	TooManyErrors(Vec<String>),
-}
+use crate::data::*;
 
 /// Regroup all Garage errors
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
@@ -63,11 +41,14 @@ pub enum Error {
 	#[error(display = "Tokio join error: {}", _0)]
 	TokioJoin(#[error(source)] tokio::task::JoinError),
 
-	#[error(display = "RPC call error: {}", _0)]
-	Rpc(#[error(source)] RpcError),
+	#[error(display = "Remote error: {}", _0)]
+	RemoteError(String),
+
+	#[error(display = "Timeout")]
+	Timeout,
 
-	#[error(display = "Remote error: {} (status code {})", _0, _1)]
-	RemoteError(String, StatusCode),
+	#[error(display = "Too many errors: {:?}", _0)]
+	TooManyErrors(Vec<String>),
 
 	#[error(display = "Bad RPC: {}", _0)]
 	BadRpc(String),
@@ -99,3 +80,44 @@ impl<T> From<tokio::sync::mpsc::error::SendError<T>> for Error {
 		Error::Message("MPSC send error".to_string())
 	}
 }
+
+// Custom serialization for our error type, for use in RPC.
+// Errors are serialized as a string of their Display representation.
+// Upon deserialization, they all become a RemoteError with the
+// given representation.
+
+impl Serialize for Error {
+	fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+	where
+		S: Serializer,
+	{
+		serializer.serialize_str(&format!("{}", self))
+	}
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Error {
+	fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+	where
+		D: Deserializer<'de>,
+	{
+		deserializer.deserialize_string(ErrorVisitor)
+	}
+}
+
+struct ErrorVisitor;
+
+impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for ErrorVisitor {
+	type Value = Error;
+
+	fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+		write!(formatter, "a string that represents an error value")
+	}
+
+	fn visit_str<E>(self, error_msg: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
+		Ok(Error::RemoteError(error_msg.to_string()))
+	}
+
+	fn visit_string<E>(self, error_msg: String) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
+		Ok(Error::RemoteError(error_msg))
+	}
+}