David Gibson <[email protected]> writes:

> On Fri, Jun 08, 2018 at 12:54:36AM -0300, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>> Hi David,
>> 
>> On 06/08/2018 12:03 AM, David Gibson wrote:
>> > On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 11:46:43AM -0300, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>> >> Use abort() instead of error_setg(&error_abort),
>> >> as suggested by the "qapi/error.h" documentation:
>> >>
>> >>     Please don't error_setg(&error_fatal, ...), use error_report() and
>> >>     exit(), because that's more obvious.
>> >>     Likewise, don't error_setg(&error_abort, ...), use assert().
>> >>
>> >> Use abort() instead of the suggested assert() because the assertion is
>> >> already verified by the switch case.
>> > 
>> > I think g_assert_not_reached() would be the right thing here.
>> 
>> I try to follow Eric advice (who recalled Markus).
>> As I understand:
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg03605.html
>> 
>> "glib-Testing [...] should not be used outside of tests/."
>
> Oh, ok, go with that then.

Most g_assert_FOO() are indeed tests-only, but g_assert_not_reached() is
actually acceptable elsewhere, see commit 6e9389563e5, and its review
thread
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05499.html
Message-Id: <[email protected]>

That said, I fail to see the value of this kind of lipstick, too.

> Acked-by: David Gibson <[email protected]>
>
>> I can respin if you prefer.

I can replace by g_assert_not_reached() on commit if you prefer.

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