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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/6] exec.c: remove an unnecessary assert on PHY
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Wei Yang |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/6] exec.c: remove an unnecessary assert on PHYS_MAP_NODE_NIL in phys_map_node_alloc() |
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Thu, 12 Sep 2019 10:51:50 +0800 |
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Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) |
On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 09:07:50AM +0800, Wei Yang wrote:
>On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 12:24:32PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>On 21/03/19 09:25, Wei Yang wrote:
>>> PHYS_MAP_NODE_NIL is assigned to PhysPageEntry.ptr in case this is not a
>>> leaf entry, while map->nodes_nb range in [0, nodes_nb_alloc).
>>>
>>> Seems we are asserting on two different things, just remove it.
>>
>>The assertion checks that this "if" is not entered incorrectly:
>>
>> if (lp->skip && lp->ptr == PHYS_MAP_NODE_NIL) {
>> lp->ptr = phys_map_node_alloc(map, level == 0);
>> }
>>
>
>Hmm... I may not get your point.
>
>phys_map_node_alloc() will get an available PhysPageEntry and return its
>index, which will be assigned to its parent's ptr.
>
>The "if" checks on the parent's ptr, while the assertion asserts the index for
>the new child. I may miss something?
>
Hi, Paolo,
Do I miss something?
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