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    "date": "2026-03-24T19:43:27",
    "name": "[RFC,v1,12/17] vmstate: Introduce vmstate_next",
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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 12/17] vmstate: Introduce vmstate_next",
        "Date": "Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:43:27 -0300",
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    "content": "Similarly to vmstate_first(), introduce a vmstate_next(), which does\nthe necessary dereferencing of pointers to get to the leaf element. On\nthe load side, allow the caller to pass a flag indicating whether\nallocation is expected and call the allocation function if so.\n\nSigned-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>\n---\n migration/vmstate.c | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------------\n 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)",
    "diff": "diff --git a/migration/vmstate.c b/migration/vmstate.c\nindex ab7c6fa4ab..c1ad0ef9a5 100644\n--- a/migration/vmstate.c\n+++ b/migration/vmstate.c\n@@ -127,24 +127,51 @@ static void *vmstate_first(void *opaque, const VMStateField *field,\n     return first;\n }\n \n-static bool vmstate_ptr_marker_load(QEMUFile *f, bool *load_field,\n-                                    Error **errp)\n+static void *vmstate_next(void **first, const VMStateField *field,\n+                          int size, int i, bool alloc)\n {\n-    int byte = qemu_get_byte(f);\n+    void **array_elem;\n+    void *next;\n+\n+    if (!(field->flags & VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER)) {\n+        next = (void *)first + size * i;\n+        return next;\n+    }\n+\n+    array_elem = first + i;\n+    next = *array_elem;\n+\n+    if (alloc) {\n+        if (!next || field->flags & VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER_AUTO_ALLOC) {\n+            /*\n+             * NOTE: do not use vmstate_size() here, because we\n+             * need the object size, not entry size of the\n+             * array.\n+             */\n+            next = vmstate_handle_alloc(array_elem, field->size, 1);\n+        }\n+    }\n+    return next;\n+}\n+\n+static bool vmstate_ptr_marker_load(QEMUFile *f, bool *load_field)\n+{\n+    int byte = qemu_peek_byte(f, 0);\n \n     if (byte == VMS_MARKER_PTR_NULL) {\n         /* When it's a null ptr marker, do not continue the load */\n         *load_field = false;\n+        qemu_file_skip(f, 1);\n         return true;\n     }\n \n     if (byte == VMS_MARKER_PTR_VALID) {\n         /* We need to load this field right after the marker */\n         *load_field = true;\n+        qemu_file_skip(f, 1);\n         return true;\n     }\n \n-    error_setg(errp, \"Unexpected ptr marker: %d\", byte);\n     return false;\n }\n \n@@ -273,41 +300,13 @@ bool vmstate_load_vmsd(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n                 void *curr_elem;\n \n                 if (field->flags & VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER) {\n-                    void **array_elem = (void **)head + i;\n-                    bool use_dynamic_array =\n-                        field->flags & VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER_AUTO_ALLOC;\n-                    bool use_marker_field;\n-\n-                    curr_elem = *array_elem;\n-                    use_marker_field = use_dynamic_array || !curr_elem;\n-\n-                    if (use_marker_field) {\n-                        /* Read the marker instead of VMSD first */\n-                        if (!vmstate_ptr_marker_load(f, &load_field, errp)) {\n-                            trace_vmstate_load_field_error(field->name,\n-                                                           -EINVAL);\n-                            return false;\n-                        }\n-\n-                        if (load_field) {\n-                            /*\n-                             * When reaching here, it means we received a\n-                             * non-NULL ptr marker, so we need to populate the\n-                             * field before loading it.\n-                             *\n-                             * NOTE: do not use vmstate_size() here, because we\n-                             * need the object size, not entry size of the\n-                             * array.\n-                             */\n-                            assert(!curr_elem);\n-                            curr_elem = vmstate_handle_alloc(array_elem,\n-                                                             field->size, 1);\n-                        }\n-                    }\n-                } else {\n-                    curr_elem = head + size * i;\n+                    /* Peek a possible pointer marker instead of VMSD first */\n+                    ok = vmstate_ptr_marker_load(f, &load_field);\n                 }\n \n+                curr_elem = vmstate_next(head, field, size, i,\n+                                         load_field && ok);\n+\n                 if (load_field) {\n                     ok = vmstate_load_field(f, curr_elem, size, field, errp);\n                 }\n@@ -647,15 +646,11 @@ static bool vmstate_save_vmsd_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n \n             for (i = 0; i < n_elems; i++) {\n                 bool save_field = true;\n-                void *curr_elem;\n+                void *curr_elem = vmstate_next(head, field, size, i, false);\n                 int max_elems = n_elems - i;\n \n                 if (field->flags & VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER) {\n                     bool use_marker_field, is_null, use_dynamic_array;\n-                    void **array_elem = (void **)head + i;\n-\n-                    assert(array_elem);\n-                    curr_elem = *array_elem;\n \n                     is_null = !curr_elem;\n \n@@ -688,7 +683,8 @@ static bool vmstate_save_vmsd_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n                             use_vmdesc = true;\n \n                             for (int j = i + 1; j < n_elems; j++) {\n-                                void *elem = *(void **)(head + size * j);\n+                                void *elem = vmstate_next(head, field, size, j,\n+                                                          false);\n                                 bool elem_is_null = !elem;\n \n                                 if (is_null != elem_is_null) {\n@@ -713,8 +709,6 @@ static bool vmstate_save_vmsd_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n \n                         save_field = !!curr_elem;\n                     }\n-                } else {\n-                    curr_elem = head + size * i;\n                 }\n \n                 if (save_field) {\n",
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