Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 5/6] add regression tests for backup

[Dietmar Maurer]

> > Note: the call to g_thread_init() solves problems with g_slice_alloc() - 
> > without
> that call we get arbitrary crashes.
> 
> This should be a comment in the code.  GLib needs to be running in
> multithreaded mode in order for the GSlice allocator to be thread-safe.
> This is why you see crashes without g_thread_init().

Ok, will do - thanks for the explanation.