Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH for-2.10] Revert "block/io: Comment out permission assertions"

[John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>]

On 04/13/2017 10:34 AM, Max Reitz wrote:
> On 13.04.2017 15:28, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 05:52:26PM +0200, Max Reitz wrote:
>>> This reverts commit e3e0003a8f6570aba1421ef99a0b383a43371a74.
>>>
>>> This commit was necessary for the 2.9 release because we were unable to
>>> fix the underlying issue(s) in time. However, we will be for 2.10.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
>>> ---
>>>  block.c    |  6 +-----
>>>  block/io.c | 12 ++----------
>>>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>>
>> Should we merge a fix before enabling the assertion again?  It's a known
>> issue.  Let people using qemu.git live a little and have fun without the
>> inevitable SIGABRT coredumps.  We don't benefit if more people encounter
>> this crash and duplicate work debugging it.
> 
> Yes, we should probably merge the fixes we know about before. But after
> that, I'd rather merge this patch as soon as possible so we do have a
> chance of getting more reports (if anything else is broken) before the
> next freeze. :-)
> 
> Max
> 

It's nice to have a working tree, but I think Max has a good point about
wanting to see the reports sooner rather than later, especially if we
want to roll a 2.9.1 very shortly after release.

(Which I think we should.)

--js