[PATCH] prevent unloading a running vm

[Ludwig Nussel]

Hi,

Some older version of World of Padman called
trap_Cmd_ExecuteText(EXEC_NOW, "snd_restart");
during UI_INIT. That in turn leads to vid_restart which unloads and
reloads the ui. That means the generated program code which is
being executed in that moment is rewritten. Turns out that this
works with vm_interpreted and vm_x86. I assume by accident as the
newly generated code is placed at the exact same address so a return
from a function actually jumps back at the correct code. Not so with
vm_x86_64. Code apparently gets mapped at a different place the
second time and the previous vm jumps into the void...
Anyways, that situation is not meant to happen and the mod headers
clearly state that EXEC_NOW should not be used.
So my fix would be to
1. translate EXEC_NOW into EXEC_INSERT if used together with snd_restart or
   vid_restart. That maintains backward compatability.
2. gracefully die if VM_Free is called on a running vm instead of waiting for
   segfault to happen.

Patches are attached. Ack/nack anyone?

cu
Ludwig

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