Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Permit zero-sized qemu_malloc() & friends

[Anthony Liguori]

Avi Kivity wrote:
> My problem is with stable-0.12.  Consider upstream fixed.
>
> 1) Bug reported against qemu-0.12.0.
> 2) Developer writes patch against master, submits, all is well except 
> for the CODING_STYLE argument it triggers.
> 3) Developer writes patch against stable-0.12, can't test because 
> testing crashes in some place where production doesn't crash.

Stable-0.12 always carries a VERSION of 0.12.x where x < 50.  This means 
that the stable-0.12 branch will always behave like a production release.

You don't get -Werror on stable-0.XX and you won't get zero malloc()s 
assert.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori