On 01/08/2015 09:09 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> Well, after 49d2e648e8087 the options to -machine parameter no longer
> has .desc nor .desc->type. That's mainly because the options are
> dynamically added while .desc is allocated statically. Anyway, if user
> tries to run:
> 
>    qemu-system-x86_64 -machine pc-i440fx-2.2,accel=kvm,usb=off
> 
> the arguments evaluation fails with:
> 
>    qemu_opt_get_bool_helper: Assertion `opt->desc && opt->desc->type ==
>    QEMU_OPT_BOOL' failed.
> 
> Fix this by dropping the assert() which is useless after the mentioned
> commit anyway.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mpriv...@redhat.com>
> ---
>  util/qemu-option.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

There are several other open threads about this same issue.  The
consensus so far appears to be that the assert is catching a real bug,
and should remain, and that we are instead working on the patches to fix
the real bug.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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