Re: [PATCH] hw/i386/vmmouse: Require 'i8042' property to be set

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 12/1/21 23:32, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> If the 'i8042' property is not set, mouse events handled by
> vmmouse_mouse_event() end calling i8042_isa_mouse_fake_event()
> with a NULL argument, resulting in ps2_mouse_fake_event() being
> called with invalid PS2MouseState pointer. Fix by requiring
> the 'i8042' property to be always set:
> 
>    $ qemu-system-x86_64 -device vmmouse
>    qemu-system-x86_64: -device vmmouse: 'i8042' link is not set
> 
> Fixes: 91c9e09147b ("vmmouse: convert to qdev")
> Reported-by: Calvin Buckley <calvin@cmpct.info>
> Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/752
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
> ---
> Amusingly 'qemu-system-x86_64 -device vmmouse,i8042=i8042' now works.
> ---
>   hw/i386/vmmouse.c | 4 ++++
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/i386/vmmouse.c b/hw/i386/vmmouse.c
> index 3d663682863..a56c185f159 100644
> --- a/hw/i386/vmmouse.c
> +++ b/hw/i386/vmmouse.c
> @@ -286,6 +286,10 @@ static void vmmouse_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
>   
>       DPRINTF("vmmouse_init\n");
>   
> +    if (!s->i8042) {
> +        error_setg(errp, "'i8042' link is not set");
> +        return;
> +    }
>       if (!object_resolve_path_type("", TYPE_VMPORT, NULL)) {
>           error_setg(errp, "vmmouse needs a machine with vmport");
>           return;
> 

Queued, thanks.

Paolo