"Michael S. Tsirkin" <m...@redhat.com> writes:

> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 11:13:40AM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote:
>> On 19 June 2015 at 11:07, Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 12:00:53PM +0200, Greg Kurz wrote:
>> >> In case NDEBUG is defined, assert() expands to nothing and
>> >> vhost_net_set_vnet_endian() doesn't get called...
>> >>
>> >> Suggested-by: Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <gk...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> >
>> > Not sure what the point is.
>> > We don't support building with NDEBUG.
>> 
>> Putting functional behaviour inside an assert() is still a really
>> bad idea. If you're reading the code you probably skim over the
>> assert() as not functionally relevant...
>> 
>> -- PMM
>
> I can apply this if commit log explains it's a readability
> enhancement, not a bugfix.

Easy:

vhost_net: fix misuse of assert()

In case NDEBUG is defined, assert() expands to nothing and
vhost_net_set_vnet_endian() doesn't get called...

Suggested-by: Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <gk...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

We don't support building with NDEBUG, but putting functional behaviour
inside an assert() is still a really bad idea.  If you're reading the
code you probably skim over the assert() as not functionally relevant...

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin" <m...@redhat.com>

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