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. Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richardw.y...@linux.intel.com> --- exec.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c index 98ebd0dd1d..8e8b6bb1f9 100644 --- a/exec.c +++ b/exec.c @@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ static uint32_t phys_map_node_alloc(PhysPageMap *map, bool leaf) ret = map->nodes_nb++; p = map->nodes[ret]; - assert(ret != PHYS_MAP_NODE_NIL); assert(ret != map->nodes_nb_alloc); e.skip = leaf ? 0 : 1; -- 2.19.1