Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/3] tests: Enhance qobject output to cover partial visit

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>]

Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> writes:

> On 11/03/2016 11:42 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> writes:
>> 
>>> Add a test that proves (at least when run under valgrind) that
>>> we are correctly handling allocated memory even when a visit
>>> is aborted in the middle for whatever other reason.
>>>
>>> See commit f24582d "qapi: fix double free in
>>> qmp_output_visitor_cleanup()" for a fix that was lacking
>>> testsuite exposure prior to this patch.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
>
>>> +static void test_visitor_out_partial_visit(TestOutputVisitorData *data,
>>> +                                           const void *unused)
>>> +{
>>> +    /* Various checks that a mid-visit abort doesn't leak or double-free. */
>>> +    const char *str = "hi";
>>> +    Error *err = NULL;
>>> +    UserDefAlternate uda = { .type = QTYPE_QDICT,
>>> +                             .u.udfu = { .integer = 1,
>>> +                                         .string = (char *) "bye",
>>> +                                         .enum1 = -1 } };
>
> ^ Not a valid enum value...

Now I see.

>>> +
>>> +    /* Abort in the middle of an alternate. Alternates can't be
>>> +     * virtually visited, so we get to inline the first half of
>>> +     * visit_type_UserDefAlternate(). */
>>> +    visit_start_alternate(data->ov, NULL, (GenericAlternate **)&obj,
>>> +                          sizeof(uda), false, &error_abort);
>>> +    visit_start_struct(data->ov, NULL, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
>>> +    visit_type_UserDefUnionBase_members(data->ov,
>>> +                                        (UserDefUnionBase *)&uda.u.udfu,
>>> +                                        &err);
>>> +    error_free_or_abort(&err);
>> 
>> Why does this fail?
>
> ...so visiting the UnionBase_members gripes loudly.  But I see your
> point that more comments would be helpful.

Would you like to suggest a fixup for me to squash in on commit?