Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] migration: catch unknown flag combinations in ram_load

[Peter Maydell]

On 9 July 2014 11:44, Amit Shah <address@hidden> wrote:
> On (Wed) 09 Jul 2014 [11:28:27], Peter Maydell wrote:
>> On 9 July 2014 05:25, Amit Shah <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > Juan is away for a couple of weeks.  This looks like a good fix to
>> > pull in for 2.1, though.  Peter, do you agree?  Can you pick this up
>> > if so?
>>
>> What's the bug it's fixing? I had a look at the commit message,
>> but that suggests it's just tightening up sanity checking, not
>> fixing an actual issue... Maybe you can clarify.
>
> Right, it improves correctness: after this patch, we ensure a rogue or
> corrupt migration stream cannot cause problems on the dest.

OK; we're treating those as bugs so yes, I think this is 2.1
material. Has somebody other than the original author tested
it? (That's a step that would usually be done by Juan as the
maintainer.) If somebody can provide a Tested-by: I'm happy
to apply it to master.

thanks
-- PMM