Re: [Qemu-devel] qtest protocol: should memset/read/write etc of a size of 0 bytes be permitted?

[Peter Maydell]

On 4 August 2016 at 19:49, John Snow <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On 08/04/2016 02:46 PM, Peter Maydell wrote:
>> (2) declare that size == 0 is not valid and make it return a failure
>> code back down the qtest pipe (and fix the offending tests)
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> This is probably the nicer thing to do -- if memset of length 0 is
> undefined, probably qmemset and friends should also be undefined by
> extension.

That was my thought.

> I reserve the right to change my mind depending on how gnarly it is to
> untangle.
>
> I assume you're hoping for 2.7.

I dunno. If the patch turns out easy we can put it in 2.7.
But it's only test code and it's been working fine for
a long time til we noticed it, so I don't think it matters
if we let it slide til 2.8.

thanks
-- PMM