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`Tag_cons` is `0` and is meant to be used as the tag argument for
`caml_alloc`/`caml_alloc_small` when constructing a non-empty list.
The empty list is `Val_emptylist` instead, which is really just `Val_int(0)`.
Assigning `0` to a list value like this is equivalent to assigning the naked
pointer `NULL` to the field. Naked pointers are not valid in OCaml 5, however
even in OCaml <5.x any attempt to iterate on the list will lead to a segfault.
The list currently only has an opaque type, so no code would have reason to
iterate on it currently, but we shouldn't construct invalid OCaml values that
might lead to a crash when exploring the type.
`Val_emptylist` is available since OCaml 3.01 as a constant.
Fixes: e5ac68a011 ("x86/hvm: Revert per-domain APIC acceleration support")
Signed-off-by: Edwin Török <edwin.torok@cloud.com>
Acked-by: Christian Lindig <christian.lindig@cloud.com>