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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] fix assertion in "info memory-devices" if
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To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: lma@suse.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, afaerber@suse.de, lcapitulino@redhat.com

On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:33:19 +0100
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 26/03/2015 17:42, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> > +            mdevid = object_property_get_str(OBJECT(dimm->hostmem), "id",
> > +                                             &error_abort);
> > +            mdevpath = g_strdup_printf("/objects/%s", mdevid);
> > +            g_free(mdevid);
> > +            mdev = object_resolve_path_type(mdevpath, TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND,
> > +                                            NULL);
> 
> You can add a backend with id xyz, remove it, and add another with the
> same id, right?
> 
> I think the can_be_deleted solution is better and not more invasive,
> even for 2.3.
yep, it's better.

> 
> Paolo