Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v1 3/6] exec: assert on memory_region_register_iommu_notifier() failure

[Andrew Jones]

On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 10:36:12AM +0200, Eric Auger wrote:
> memory_region_register_iommu_notifier now returns an error
> in case of failure. Assert in such a case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <address@hidden>
> ---
>  exec.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
> index 235d6bc883..da30251a2b 100644
> --- a/exec.c
> +++ b/exec.c
> @@ -692,7 +692,8 @@ static void tcg_register_iommu_notifier(CPUState *cpu,
>                              0,
>                              HWADDR_MAX,
>                              iommu_idx);
> -        memory_region_register_iommu_notifier(notifier->mr, &notifier->n);
> +        assert(!memory_region_register_iommu_notifier(notifier->mr,
> +                                                      &notifier->n));

 ret = memory_region_register_iommu_notifier(notifier->mr, &notifier->n);
 assert(!ret);

to avoid functions with side effects being called inside assert()'s, as
assert()'s could be compiled as no-ops.

Same comment for next patch.

Thanks,
drew

>      }
>  
>      if (!notifier->active) {
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 
>