>From assert(3): "assert() is implemented as a macro; if the expression tested has side-effects, program behavior will be different depending on whether NDEBUG is defined."
Even if QEMU isn't compiled with NDEBUG, it is bad practice to put bits with a relevant functionnal meaning in assert(). This is a readability enhancement. The patch does not fix any bug. Suggested-by: Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <gk...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- hw/net/vhost_net.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) v2: rewrote commit log diff --git a/hw/net/vhost_net.c b/hw/net/vhost_net.c index f505c91d420a..6d3b7879f8ef 100644 --- a/hw/net/vhost_net.c +++ b/hw/net/vhost_net.c @@ -376,7 +376,8 @@ void vhost_net_stop(VirtIODevice *dev, NetClientState *ncs, } assert(r >= 0); - assert(vhost_net_set_vnet_endian(dev, ncs[0].peer, false) >= 0); + r = vhost_net_set_vnet_endian(dev, ncs[0].peer, false); + assert(r >= 0); } void vhost_net_cleanup(struct vhost_net *net)