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    "date": "2026-03-24T19:43:20",
    "name": "[RFC,v1,05/17] vmstate: Remove vmdesc_loop",
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            "date": "2026-03-24T19:43:16",
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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 05/17] vmstate: Remove vmdesc_loop",
        "Date": "Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:43:20 -0300",
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    "content": "The vmdesc_loop variable is being used as a hacky way of writing the\nJSON description only for the first element of a compressed\narray. There are also a few implicit uses, such as writing the JSON\nfor the first non-compressed element after a compressed portion.\n\nFuture work will have trouble with this. Use a simple boolean to be\nexplicit now.\n\nSigned-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>\n---\n migration/vmstate.c | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------\n 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)",
    "diff": "diff --git a/migration/vmstate.c b/migration/vmstate.c\nindex dec9cf920b..7a12245d36 100644\n--- a/migration/vmstate.c\n+++ b/migration/vmstate.c\n@@ -622,8 +622,9 @@ static bool vmstate_save_vmsd_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n             void *first_elem = opaque + field->offset;\n             int i, n_elems = vmstate_n_elems(opaque, field);\n             int size = vmstate_size(opaque, field);\n-            JSONWriter *vmdesc_loop = vmdesc;\n             bool is_null_prev = false;\n+            bool use_vmdesc = true;\n+\n             /*\n              * When this is enabled, it means we will always push a ptr\n              * marker first for each element saying if it's populated.\n@@ -673,7 +674,7 @@ static bool vmstate_save_vmsd_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n                     is_null != is_null_prev) {\n \n                     is_null_prev = is_null;\n-                    vmdesc_loop = vmdesc;\n+                    use_vmdesc = true;\n \n                     for (int j = i + 1; j < n_elems; j++) {\n                         void *elem = *(void **)(first_elem + size * j);\n@@ -686,8 +687,13 @@ static bool vmstate_save_vmsd_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n                     }\n                 }\n \n+                if (use_dynamic_array) {\n+                    use_vmdesc = true;\n+                }\n+\n                 ok = vmstate_save_field_with_vmdesc(f, curr_elem, size, vmsd,\n-                                                    inner_field, vmdesc_loop,\n+                                                    inner_field,\n+                                                    use_vmdesc ? vmdesc : NULL,\n                                                     i, max_elems, errp);\n \n                 /* If we used a fake temp field.. free it now */\n@@ -708,19 +714,16 @@ static bool vmstate_save_vmsd_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n                      * NOTE: do not use vmstate_size() here because we want\n                      * to dump the real VMSD object now.\n                      */\n-                    ok = vmstate_save_field_with_vmdesc(f, curr_elem,\n-                                                        field->size, vmsd,\n-                                                        field, vmdesc_loop,\n-                                                        i, max_elems, errp);\n+                    ok = vmstate_save_field_with_vmdesc(\n+                        f, curr_elem, field->size, vmsd, field,\n+                        use_vmdesc ? vmdesc : NULL, i, max_elems, errp);\n+\n                     if (!ok) {\n                         goto out;\n                     }\n                 }\n \n-                /* Compressed arrays only care about the first element */\n-                if (vmdesc_loop && vmsd_can_compress(field)) {\n-                    vmdesc_loop = NULL;\n-                }\n+                use_vmdesc = false;\n             }\n         } else {\n             if (field->flags & VMS_MUST_EXIST) {\n",
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