From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/8] qapi: fix NULL pointer dereference
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:24:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EEB70AA.1020802@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EEB5DD4.50302@redhat.com>
Hi,
>> What are the uses of null in qdev string properties? I know you can't
>> set a string to null since parse() doesn't have a null syntax. So we're
>> really just talking about an uninitialized state, right?
>
> Yes. No ROM BAR is an example of a NULL string property.
Both NULL and zero-length string are valid for "empty" though, so you
can use -device e1000,romfile=,mac=whatever to boot without pxe rom.
Which underlines anthonys point ;)
cheers,
Gerd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-16 16:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-16 12:01 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] qom: introduce non-legacy static properties Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 12:01 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/8] qapi: fix NULL pointer dereference Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 13:55 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 14:00 ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 14:10 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 14:22 ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 14:46 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 14:49 ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 14:56 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 15:03 ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 15:05 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 15:13 ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 15:23 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 15:42 ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 15:54 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 16:17 ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 16:24 ` Gerd Hoffmann [this message]
2011-12-16 12:01 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/8] qapi: protect against NULL QObject in qmp_input_get_object Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 13:56 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 12:01 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/8] qom: fix swapped parameters Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 13:57 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 12:01 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/8] qom: push permission checks up into qdev_property_add_legacy Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 13:58 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 12:01 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/8] qom: introduce QERR_PROPERTY_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 14:00 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 14:01 ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 17:00 ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 17:01 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 12:01 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/8] qom: introduce get/set methods for Property Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 13:11 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2011-12-16 13:51 ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 14:05 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 14:18 ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 14:44 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 12:01 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/8] qom: distinguish "legacy" property type name from QOM type name Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 14:06 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 14:18 ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 14:43 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-12-16 12:01 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 8/8] qom: register qdev properties also as non-legacy properties Paolo Bonzini
2011-12-16 13:54 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] qom: introduce non-legacy static properties Anthony Liguori
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