1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/vespajlib/src/main/java/com/yahoo/io/NativeIO.java b/vespajlib/src/main/java/com/yahoo/io/NativeIO.java
index 5adb509ac3b..18779022d99 100644
--- a/vespajlib/src/main/java/com/yahoo/io/NativeIO.java
+++ b/vespajlib/src/main/java/com/yahoo/io/NativeIO.java
@@ -34,16 +34,20 @@ public class NativeIO {
 
     public NativeIO() {
         if (!initialized) {
-            logger.warning("native IO not possible due to " + initError);
-            if (initError != null) {
-                throw new RuntimeException(initError);
-            } else {
-                throw new RuntimeException("Platform is unsúpported. Only supported on linux.");
-            }
+            logger.warning("native IO not possible due to " + getError().getMessage());
         }
         fieldFD = getField(FileDescriptor.class, "fd");
     }
 
+    public boolean valid() { return initialized; }
+    public Throwable getError() {
+        if (initError != null) {
+            return initError;
+        } else {
+            return new RuntimeException("Platform is unsúpported. Only supported on linux.");
+        }
+    }
+
     public void dropFileFromCache(FileDescriptor fd) {
         if (initialized) {
             posix_fadvise(getfh(fd), 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);