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

[Anthony Liguori]

Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 12/07/2009 08:59 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> > 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.
>
> That's good enough for me.  Allow 0 for 0.12 and new allocation 
> functions for mainline, then?
Yup.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori