[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/6] Warn if value of qdev_init() isn't checked

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>]

After qdev_init() fails, the device is gone.  Failure to check runs a
high risk of use-after-free.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
---
 hw/qdev.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/qdev.h b/hw/qdev.h
index e3245e3..3e2d271 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.h
+++ b/hw/qdev.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct CompatProperty {
 
 DeviceState *qdev_create(BusState *bus, const char *name);
 DeviceState *qdev_device_add(QemuOpts *opts);
-int qdev_init(DeviceState *dev);
+int qdev_init(DeviceState *dev) __attribute__((warn_unused_result));
 void qdev_init_nofail(DeviceState *dev);
 void qdev_free(DeviceState *dev);
 
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