Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 0/5] Do not set SO_REUSEADDR on Windows

[Stefan Weil]

Am 01.10.2013 10:11, schrieb Sebastian Ottlik:
> On 23.09.2013 12:33, Sebastian Ottlik wrote:
>> On 18.09.2013 18:58, Stefan Weil wrote:
>>> If failures only happen when something is very wrong (like an invalid
>>> socket id),
>>> an assertion might be better, and we could remove the 'silent'
>>> parameter.
>>>
>>> Stefan
>>>
>> IMO for debug builds this is a good idea. However, in production use
>> it is probably preferable to keep QEMU running, as a failure won't be
>> too critical. From a quick grep it looks like NDEBUG is not set so
>> assertions wont be removed for non-debug builds. I don't feel
>> acquainted enough with the source code to decide about this kind of
>> change in functionality, which is why I was waiting so long to reply.
> ping

Running QEMU with an invalid socket id is not preferable.
It's better to get a dozen of assertions in production and fix the code
than to have hundreds of production systems running with hidden bugs.

Those users who don't agree can build QEMU with -DNDEBUG and use the
close-your-eyes strategy "if error then no error".

Therefore I strongly suggest adding an assertion and removing the
'silent' parameter.

Regards,
Stefan