On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 03:44:54PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> * Gerd Hoffmann ([email protected]) wrote:
> > Since commit 551dbd0846d2 ("migration: check pre_save return in
> > vmstate_save_state") the pre_save hook can fail. So lets finally
> > use that to drop the guest-triggerable assert in qxl_pre_save().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > hw/display/qxl.c | 4 +++-
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/hw/display/qxl.c b/hw/display/qxl.c
> > index 84f99088e0a0..3867b94fe236 100644
> > --- a/hw/display/qxl.c
> > +++ b/hw/display/qxl.c
> > @@ -2283,7 +2283,9 @@ static int qxl_pre_save(void *opaque)
> > } else {
> > d->last_release_offset = (uint8_t *)d->last_release - ram_start;
> > }
> > - assert(d->last_release_offset < d->vga.vram_size);
> > + if (d->last_release_offset < d->vga.vram_size) {
> > + return 1;
>
> It would be great if there was an error_report or something there
> so that we get some idea of what happened.
Hmm. Strictly speaking qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "..."); would be
the correct approach here, but I guess that wouldn't help much for
trouble-shooting as the message would only show up with "-d
guest_errors". So better make that error_report("...") ?
take care,
Gerd