When 'vhost=off' or no vhost specific options at all are passed for the tap
net-device backend, tap_get_vhost_net() can return NULL. The function
net_init_tap_one() does not call vhost_net_init() on such cases and therefore
vhost_net pointer within the tap device state structure remains NULL. Hence,
assertion here on a NULL pointer return from tap_get_vhost_net() would not be
correct. Remove it and fix the crash generated by qemu upon initialization in
the following call chain :
qdev_realize() -> pci_qdev_realize() -> virtio_device_realize() ->
virtio_bus_device_plugged() -> virtio_net_get_features() -> get_vhost_net()
Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Fixes: 0e994668d0 ("vhost_net: add an assertion for TAP client backends")
Reported-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Report: <abab7a71-216d-b103-fa47-70bdf9dc0080@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ani Sinha <anisinha@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20230628112804.36676-1-anisinha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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