[RFC PATCH v2 7/7] hw/core/loader: Assert loading ROM regions succeeds at reset

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

If we are unable to load a blob in a ROM region, we should not
ignore it and let the machine boot.

Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <address@hidden>
---
RFC: Maybe more polite with user to use hw_error()?
---
 hw/core/loader.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/core/loader.c b/hw/core/loader.c
index 8bbb1797a4..4e046388b4 100644
--- a/hw/core/loader.c
+++ b/hw/core/loader.c
@@ -1146,8 +1146,12 @@ static void rom_reset(void *unused)
             void *host = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(rom->mr);
             memcpy(host, rom->data, rom->datasize);
         } else {
-            address_space_write_rom(rom->as, rom->addr, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
-                                    rom->data, rom->datasize);
+            MemTxResult res;
+
+            res = address_space_write_rom(rom->as, rom->addr,
+                                          MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
+                                          rom->data, rom->datasize);
+            assert(res == MEMTX_OK);
         }
         if (rom->isrom) {
             /* rom needs to be written only once */
-- 
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