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    "date": "2026-02-17T15:25:16",
    "name": "[3/4] migration: add VMSTATE_VARRAY_OF_POINTER_TO_STRUCT_ALLOC",
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        "From": "Alexander Mikhalitsyn <alexander@mihalicyn.com>",
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        "Cc": "Jesper Devantier <foss@defmacro.it>, Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,\n Klaus Jensen <its@irrelevant.dk>, Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>,\n qemu-block@nongnu.org, Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>,\n Alexander Mikhalitsyn <aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@futurfusion.io>",
        "Subject": "[PATCH 3/4] migration: add VMSTATE_VARRAY_OF_POINTER_TO_STRUCT_ALLOC",
        "Date": "Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:25:16 +0100",
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    "content": "From: Alexander Mikhalitsyn <aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@futurfusion.io>\n\nAdd VMSTATE_VARRAY_OF_POINTER_TO_STRUCT_ALLOC, which\nhelps to save/restore a dynamic array of pointers to\nstructures.\n\nSigned-off-by: Alexander Mikhalitsyn <aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@futurfusion.io>\n---\n include/migration/vmstate.h | 21 +++++++++\n migration/vmstate-types.c   | 88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\n 2 files changed, 109 insertions(+)",
    "diff": "diff --git a/include/migration/vmstate.h b/include/migration/vmstate.h\nindex 89f9f49d20a..bc6495a7f67 100644\n--- a/include/migration/vmstate.h\n+++ b/include/migration/vmstate.h\n@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_bitmap;\n extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;\n extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_gtree;\n extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qlist;\n+extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_ptrs_array_entry;\n \n #define type_check_2darray(t1,t2,n,m) ((t1(*)[n][m])0 - (t2*)0)\n /*\n@@ -537,6 +538,26 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qlist;\n     .offset     = vmstate_offset_array(_s, _f, _type*, _n),          \\\n }\n \n+/*\n+ * For migrating a dynamically allocated uint32-indexed array\n+ * of pointers to structures (with NULL entries and with auto memory allocation).\n+ *\n+ * _type: type of structure pointed to\n+ * _vmsd: VMSD for structure\n+ * start: size of structure pointed to (for auto memory allocation)\n+ */\n+#define VMSTATE_VARRAY_OF_POINTER_TO_STRUCT_ALLOC(_field, _state, _field_num, _version, _vmsd, _type) { \\\n+    .name       = (stringify(_field)),                                \\\n+    .version_id = (_version),                                         \\\n+    .num_offset = vmstate_offset_value(_state, _field_num, uint32_t), \\\n+    .info       = &vmstate_info_ptrs_array_entry,                     \\\n+    .vmsd       = &(_vmsd),                                           \\\n+    .start      = sizeof(_type),                                      \\\n+    .size       = sizeof(_type *),                                    \\\n+    .flags      = VMS_VARRAY_UINT32|VMS_POINTER,                      \\\n+    .offset     = vmstate_offset_pointer(_state, _field, _type *),    \\\n+}\n+\n #define VMSTATE_VARRAY_OF_POINTER_UINT32(_field, _state, _field_num, _version, _info, _type) { \\\n     .name       = (stringify(_field)),                                    \\\n     .version_id = (_version),                                             \\\ndiff --git a/migration/vmstate-types.c b/migration/vmstate-types.c\nindex 89cb2114721..3335377cd07 100644\n--- a/migration/vmstate-types.c\n+++ b/migration/vmstate-types.c\n@@ -942,3 +942,91 @@ const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qlist = {\n     .get  = get_qlist,\n     .put  = put_qlist,\n };\n+\n+static int put_ptrs_array_entry(QEMUFile *f, void *ppv, size_t unused_size,\n+                                const VMStateField *field, JSONWriter *vmdesc)\n+{\n+    const VMStateDescription *vmsd = field->vmsd;\n+    int ret;\n+    Error *local_err = NULL;\n+    void *pv;\n+\n+    /*\n+     * (ppv) is an address of an i-th element of a dynamic array.\n+     *\n+     * (ppv) can not be NULL unless we have some regression/bug in\n+     * vmstate_save_state_v(), because it is result of pointer arithemic like:\n+     * first_elem + size * i.\n+     */\n+    if (ppv == NULL) {\n+        error_report(\"vmstate: put_ptrs_array_entry must be called with ppv != NULL\");\n+        return -EINVAL;\n+    }\n+\n+    /* get a pointer to a structure */\n+    pv = *(void **)ppv;\n+\n+    if (pv == NULL) {\n+        /* write a mark telling that there was a NULL pointer */\n+        qemu_put_byte(f, false);\n+        return 0;\n+    }\n+\n+    /* if pointer is not NULL, dump the structure contents with help of vmsd */\n+    qemu_put_byte(f, true);\n+    ret = vmstate_save_state(f, vmsd, pv, vmdesc, &local_err);\n+    if (ret) {\n+        error_report_err(local_err);\n+        return ret;\n+    }\n+\n+    return 0;\n+}\n+\n+static int get_ptrs_array_entry(QEMUFile *f, void *ppv, size_t unused_size,\n+                                const VMStateField *field)\n+{\n+    int ret = 0;\n+    Error *local_err = NULL;\n+    const VMStateDescription *vmsd = field->vmsd;\n+    /* size of structure pointed to by elements of array */\n+    size_t size = field->start;\n+\n+    if (ppv == NULL) {\n+        error_report(\"vmstate: get_ptrs_array_entry must be called with ppv != NULL\");\n+        return -EINVAL;\n+    }\n+\n+    /*\n+     * We start from a clean array, all elements must be NULL, unless\n+     * something we haven't prepared for has changed in vmstate_save_state_v().\n+     * Let's check for this just in case.\n+     */\n+    if (*(void **)ppv != NULL) {\n+        error_report(\"vmstate: get_ptrs_array_entry must be called with *ppv == NULL\");\n+        return -EINVAL;\n+    }\n+\n+    if (qemu_get_byte(f)) {\n+        void *pv;\n+\n+        /* allocate memory for structure */\n+        pv = g_malloc0(size);\n+        ret = vmstate_load_state(f, vmsd, pv, vmsd->version_id, &local_err);\n+        if (ret) {\n+            error_report_err(local_err);\n+            g_free(pv);\n+            return ret;\n+        }\n+\n+        *(void **)ppv = pv;\n+    }\n+\n+    return ret;\n+}\n+\n+const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_ptrs_array_entry = {\n+    .name = \"ptrs_array_entry\",\n+    .get  = get_ptrs_array_entry,\n+    .put  = put_ptrs_array_entry,\n+};\n",
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