Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] fix possible NULL pointer use in hw/ptimer.c

[Paul Brook]

> We currently don't check the return value in the init function where the
> new timer is created but do check it wherever it is used which is backwards
> and wasteful.
>
> You would prefer that qemu just segfaults rather than die gracefully?

I think qemu should die before it returns from qemu_malloc.

Having to check every return value is extremely tedious and (as you've proved) 
easy to miss.  If the allocation fails we don't have any viable alternatives, 
so we may as well stop right there.

Paul