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    "msgid": "<20260324194333.30004-8-farosas@suse.de>",
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    "date": "2026-03-24T19:43:22",
    "name": "[RFC,v1,07/17] vmstate: Create and save ptr marker in same function",
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        "name": "Fabiano Rosas",
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            "date": "2026-03-24T19:43:16",
            "name": "migration: vmstate_save|load changes for peterx",
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        "From": "Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>",
        "To": "qemu-devel@nongnu.org",
        "Cc": "Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,\n Alexander Mikhalitsyn <alexander@mihalicyn.com>,\n Juraj Marcin <jmarcin@redhat.com>",
        "Subject": "[RFC PATCH v1 07/17] vmstate: Create and save ptr marker in same\n function",
        "Date": "Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:43:22 -0300",
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    "content": "Move the creation of the pointer marker along with the vmstate_save\ncall that writes it to the stream.\n\nSigned-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>\n---\n migration/vmstate.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------\n 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)",
    "diff": "diff --git a/migration/vmstate.c b/migration/vmstate.c\nindex a190c3f63f..0975d10793 100644\n--- a/migration/vmstate.c\n+++ b/migration/vmstate.c\n@@ -54,36 +54,6 @@ vmstate_field_exists(const VMStateDescription *vmsd, const VMStateField *field,\n     return result;\n }\n \n-/*\n- * Create a ptr marker field when there's a NULL pointer detected in the\n- * array of a VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER VMSD field.  It's needed because we\n- * can't dereference the NULL pointer.\n- */\n-static const VMStateField *\n-vmsd_create_ptr_marker_field(const VMStateField *field)\n-{\n-    VMStateField *fake = g_new0(VMStateField, 1);\n-\n-    /* It can only happen on an array of pointers! */\n-    assert(field->flags & VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER);\n-\n-    /* Some of fake's properties should match the original's */\n-    fake->name = field->name;\n-    fake->version_id = field->version_id;\n-\n-    /* Do not need \"field_exists\" check as it always exists (which is null) */\n-    fake->field_exists = NULL;\n-\n-    /* See vmstate_info_nullptr - use 1 byte to represent nullptr */\n-    fake->size = 1;\n-    fake->info = &vmstate_info_ptr_marker;\n-    fake->flags = VMS_SINGLE;\n-\n-    /* All the rest fields shouldn't matter.. */\n-\n-    return (const VMStateField *)fake;\n-}\n-\n static int vmstate_n_elems(void *opaque, const VMStateField *field)\n {\n     int n_elems = 1;\n@@ -592,6 +562,42 @@ vmstate_save_field_with_vmdesc(QEMUFile *f, void *pv, size_t size,\n     return ok;\n }\n \n+/*\n+ * Create a ptr marker field to precede an element of a\n+ * VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER VMSD field. This indicates whether the\n+ * following element is a NULL pointer or a valid pointer. This is\n+ * used to know whether a pointer needs to be followed when loading\n+ * the data.\n+ */\n+static bool vmstate_ptr_marker_save(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque,\n+                                    const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n+                                    const VMStateField *field,\n+                                    JSONWriter *vmdesc,\n+                                    int i, int max, Error **errp)\n+{\n+    g_autofree VMStateField *fake = g_new0(VMStateField, 1);\n+\n+    /* It can only happen on an array of pointers! */\n+    assert(field->flags & VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER);\n+\n+    /* Some of fake's properties should match the original's */\n+    fake->name = field->name;\n+    fake->version_id = field->version_id;\n+\n+    /* Do not need \"field_exists\" check as it always exists */\n+    fake->field_exists = NULL;\n+\n+    /* use 1 byte for the marker */\n+    fake->size = 1;\n+    fake->info = &vmstate_info_ptr_marker;\n+    fake->flags = VMS_SINGLE;\n+\n+    /* All the rest fields shouldn't matter.. */\n+\n+    return vmstate_save_field_with_vmdesc(f, opaque, field->size, vmsd, fake,\n+                                          vmdesc, i, max, errp);\n+}\n+\n static bool vmstate_save_vmsd_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n                                 void *opaque, JSONWriter *vmdesc,\n                                 int version_id, Error **errp)\n@@ -635,7 +641,6 @@ static bool vmstate_save_vmsd_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n                 int max_elems = n_elems - i;\n \n                 if (field->flags & VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER) {\n-                    const VMStateField *inner_field;\n                     bool use_marker_field, is_null, use_dynamic_array;\n \n                     assert(curr_elem);\n@@ -688,14 +693,9 @@ static bool vmstate_save_vmsd_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n                     }\n \n                     if (use_marker_field) {\n-                        inner_field = vmsd_create_ptr_marker_field(field);\n-\n-                        ok = vmstate_save_field_with_vmdesc(\n-                            f, curr_elem, 1, vmsd, inner_field,\n-                            use_vmdesc ? vmdesc : NULL, i, max_elems, errp);\n-\n-                        g_clear_pointer((gpointer *)&inner_field, g_free);\n-\n+                        ok = vmstate_ptr_marker_save(f, curr_elem, vmsd, field,\n+                                                     use_vmdesc ? vmdesc : NULL,\n+                                                     i, max_elems, errp);\n                         if (!ok) {\n                             goto out;\n                         }\n",
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        "v1",
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