> On 16 Feb 2018, at 10:12, Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 05:06:17PM +0100, Christophe de Dinechin wrote: >> From: Christophe de Dinechin <dinechin@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Changes since v3: >> - Integrate comments about performance impact and solution >> - Integrate comments about impact of a failed assertion >> - Add prohibition against side effects >> >> Signed-off-by: Christophe de Dinechin <dinechin@xxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> docs/spice_style.txt | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- >> 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/docs/spice_style.txt b/docs/spice_style.txt >> index 5dc41cb1..3bc70570 100644 >> --- a/docs/spice_style.txt >> +++ b/docs/spice_style.txt >> @@ -113,10 +113,40 @@ FIXME and TODO >> >> Comments that are prefixed with `FIXME` describe a bug that need to be fixed. Generally, it is not allowed to commit new code having `FIXME` comment. Committing `FIXME` is allowed only for existing bugs. Comments that are prefixed with `TODO` describe further features, optimization or code improvements, and they are allowed to be committed along with the relevant code. >> >> -ASSERT >> ------- >> +Assertions >> +---------- >> + >> +Use assertions liberally, but pay attention to performance impact. Assertions checks have a significant performance impact should be placed under the `ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKS` conditional. > > [snip] > >> + >> +Be mindful of the impact of a failing assertion. For example, assertions in the server should not abort it, as this would kill the QEMU process and the virtual machine. > > For me, "assertion" implies abortion of the process, Which is why I point out the impact. > so the first > sentence ("use assertions liberally") and this one are confusing. > In particular, g_assert() which you mention in the snipped part does > abort. So? I don’t understand the problem. How would you rephrase? > > Christophe _______________________________________________ Spice-devel mailing list Spice-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel