Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu_opt_get_bool_helper: Fix option handling

[Marcel Apfelbaum]

On 01/08/2015 06:09 PM, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> Well, after 49d2e648e8087 the options to -machine parameter no longer
> has .desc nor .desc->type. That's mainly because the options are
> dynamically added while .desc is allocated statically. Anyway, if user
> tries to run:
>
>     qemu-system-x86_64 -machine pc-i440fx-2.2,accel=kvm,usb=off
>
> the arguments evaluation fails with:
>
>     qemu_opt_get_bool_helper: Assertion `opt->desc && opt->desc->type ==
>     QEMU_OPT_BOOL' failed.
>
> Fix this by dropping the assert() which is useless after the mentioned
> commit anyway.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <address@hidden>
> ---
>   util/qemu-option.c | 1 -
>   1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/util/qemu-option.c b/util/qemu-option.c
> index a708241..478420f 100644
> --- a/util/qemu-option.c
> +++ b/util/qemu-option.c
> @@ -384,7 +384,6 @@ static bool qemu_opt_get_bool_helper(QemuOpts *opts, const 
> char *name,
>           }
>           return ret;
>       }
> -    assert(opt->desc && opt->desc->type == QEMU_OPT_BOOL);
>       ret = opt->value.boolean;
>       if (del) {
>           qemu_opt_del_all(opts, name);

Hi Michal,
Thank you for the patch, but there is already a PULL request for a fix.

You can follow the details in this mail thread
https://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg272607.html

Thank you,
Marcel