Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 22/23] libqtest: Replace qtest_startf() by qtest_initf()

[Eric Blake]

On 07/27/2018 12:18 PM, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 07/27/2018 05:13 PM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> > qtest_init() creates a new QTestState, and leaves @global_qtest alone.
> > qtest_start() additionally assigns it to @global_qtest, but
> > qtest_startf() additionall sets assigns NULL to @global_qtest.  This
> > makes no sense.  Replace it by qtest_initf() that works like
> > qtest_init(), i.e. leaves @global_qtest alone.
>
> FWIW, the original idea was to get rid of global_qtest, and then to
> remove qtest_init instead:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-09/msg02723.html
>
> Not sure whether Eric is still working on these patches, though.

As pointed out in the cover letter, there are still some good things to 
salvage from my series, but at this point, it's been closer to a year 
since I last posted anything, so it is just as easy for me to 
rebase/rework from scratch for salvaging the good things, after this 
series lands.

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