On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 12:24:32PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>On 21/03/19 09:25, Wei Yang wrote:
>> PHYS_MAP_NODE_NIL is assigned to PhysPageEntry.ptr in case this is not a
>> leaf entry, while map->nodes_nb range in [0, nodes_nb_alloc).
>>
>> Seems we are asserting on two different things, just remove it.
>
>The assertion checks that this "if" is not entered incorrectly:
>
> if (lp->skip && lp->ptr == PHYS_MAP_NODE_NIL) {
> lp->ptr = phys_map_node_alloc(map, level == 0);
> }
>
Hmm... I may not get your point.
phys_map_node_alloc() will get an available PhysPageEntry and return its
index, which will be assigned to its parent's ptr.
The "if" checks on the parent's ptr, while the assertion asserts the index for
the new child. I may miss something?
>Paolo
>
>> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richardw.y...@linux.intel.com>
>> ---
>> exec.c | 1 -
>> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
>> index 98ebd0dd1d..8e8b6bb1f9 100644
>> --- a/exec.c
>> +++ b/exec.c
>> @@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ static uint32_t phys_map_node_alloc(PhysPageMap *map,
>> bool leaf)
>>
>> ret = map->nodes_nb++;
>> p = map->nodes[ret];
>> - assert(ret != PHYS_MAP_NODE_NIL);
>> assert(ret != map->nodes_nb_alloc);
>>
>> e.skip = leaf ? 0 : 1;
>>
--
Wei Yang
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