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Re: [Qemu-trivial] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] trivial fix of malloc to g_ne


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [Qemu-trivial] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] trivial fix of malloc to g_new in thunk
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 10:03:37 -0600
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On 2/28/19 9:35 AM, Aarushi Mehta wrote:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aarushi Mehta <address@hidden>
> ---
> Note that since thunking occurs throughout the lifetime of the QEMU instance, 
> there is no matching 'free' to correct

This sentence is vital to the patch, so it belongs above the --- and
S-o-b as part of the commit message.

> It might be valuable to edit the BiteSizedTasks to reflect that g_new is 
> favoured over g_malloc

And I've done that now, by emphasizing the discussion in HACKING (rather
than repeating it on the wiki):
https://wiki.qemu.org/index.php?title=Contribute/BiteSizedTasks&diff=8247&oldid=8242

With the improved commit message,
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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