From 11f6cc3279313bbf48514fe12e7b424ea1d982a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:37:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] xm_internal.c: remove misleading dead code

* src/xen/xm_internal.c (xenXMConfigGetULong): Remove useless and
misleading test (always false) for val->str == NULL before code that
always dereferences val->str.  "val" comes from virConfGetValue, and
at that point, val->str is guaranteed to be non-NULL.
(xenXMConfigGetBool): Likewise.
* src/util/conf.c (virConfSetValue): Ensure that vir->str is never NULL,
not even if someone tries to set such a value via virConfSetValue.
---
 src/util/conf.c       | 3 +++
 src/xen/xm_internal.c | 6 ------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/util/conf.c b/src/util/conf.c
index 0c7e556db1..60cf0b4ada 100644
--- a/src/util/conf.c
+++ b/src/util/conf.c
@@ -858,6 +858,9 @@ virConfSetValue (virConfPtr conf,
 {
     virConfEntryPtr cur, prev = NULL;
 
+    if (value && value->type == VIR_CONF_STRING && value->str == NULL)
+        return -1;
+
     cur = conf->entries;
     while (cur != NULL) {
         if ((cur->name != NULL) && (STREQ(cur->name, setting))) {
diff --git a/src/xen/xm_internal.c b/src/xen/xm_internal.c
index 3dc655bdda..944d5d513f 100644
--- a/src/xen/xm_internal.c
+++ b/src/xen/xm_internal.c
@@ -152,9 +152,6 @@ static int xenXMConfigGetBool(virConnectPtr conn,
     if (val->type == VIR_CONF_LONG) {
         *value = val->l ? 1 : 0;
     } else if (val->type == VIR_CONF_STRING) {
-        if (!val->str) {
-            *value = def;
-        }
         *value = STREQ(val->str, "1") ? 1 : 0;
     } else {
         xenXMError(conn, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
@@ -183,9 +180,6 @@ static int xenXMConfigGetULong(virConnectPtr conn,
         *value = val->l;
     } else if (val->type == VIR_CONF_STRING) {
         char *ret;
-        if (!val->str) {
-            *value = def;
-        }
         *value = strtol(val->str, &ret, 10);
         if (ret == val->str) {
             xenXMError(conn, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,