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-rw-r--r--qemu-io-cmds.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-io-cmds.c b/qemu-io-cmds.c
index 2c48f9ce1a..883f53b64d 100644
--- a/qemu-io-cmds.c
+++ b/qemu-io-cmds.c
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ static int compare_cmdname(const void *a, const void *b)
void qemuio_add_command(const cmdinfo_t *ci)
{
+ /* ci->perm assumes a file is open, but the GLOBAL and NOFILE_OK
+ * flags allow it not to be, so that combination is invalid.
+ * Catch it now rather than letting it manifest as a crash if a
+ * particular set of command line options are used.
+ */
+ assert(ci->perm == 0 ||
+ (ci->flags & (CMD_FLAG_GLOBAL | CMD_NOFILE_OK)) == 0);
cmdtab = g_renew(cmdinfo_t, cmdtab, ++ncmds);
cmdtab[ncmds - 1] = *ci;
qsort(cmdtab, ncmds, sizeof(*cmdtab), compare_cmdname);