[Pixman] [PATCH] Fix server crash in pixman (to be discussed)

[Matthias Hopf]

On Mar 24, 10 19:19:15 +0100, Soeren Sandmann wrote:
> > However, what happens if the code would have been compiled with -NDEBUG?
> > Is the code path stable with empty regions? If it is, it can be argued
> > that the patch is not necessary, but it could also be argued that the
> > assert() shouldn't have been there in the first place.
> 
> Who knows? Who knows if it's stable even *with* the patch? That's why
> I don't want it in for 0.18.0.

Right. I just want to indicate that just disabling the assert()s
typically is no "solution" for issues like this.

> > That sounds more realistic. However, we don't have any other issues with
> > assert()s, and there is a slim chance that this backport introduces
> > additional regressions (asserts with side effects etc.).
> 
> If it were *my* enterprise product, I'd definitely get rid of the
> assertions, because they are known to take down the X server in
> various situations. That's your call of course.

If it was *my* enterprise product, I would've done quite a number of
things differently ;-)
I'm not entirely sure ATM, but you have a point.

> As of 0.17.6 the assertions are not even enabled in unstable releases
> because the only result were that they get triggered by the same old X
> server issues, which just causes people to not test the pixman
> releases.

Which is problematic, because in this case the Xserver isn't fixed.
No, I don't have a good solution to this dilemma.

Matthias

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