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    "msgid": "<20260324194333.30004-12-farosas@suse.de>",
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    "date": "2026-03-24T19:43:26",
    "name": "[RFC,v1,11/17] vmstate: Introduce vmstate_first",
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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 11/17] vmstate: Introduce vmstate_first",
        "Date": "Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:43:26 -0300",
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    "content": "The vmstate_save|load_vmsd[_v] functions do a bit of juggling of\npointers to allocate/dereference arrays. Introduce a getter for the\nfirst field. Take field->flags into consideration and also allocate\nmemory when necessary.\n\nSigned-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>\n---\nmaybe we can soon have an iterator\n---\n migration/vmstate.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------\n 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)",
    "diff": "diff --git a/migration/vmstate.c b/migration/vmstate.c\nindex 85e63305f6..ab7c6fa4ab 100644\n--- a/migration/vmstate.c\n+++ b/migration/vmstate.c\n@@ -100,23 +100,31 @@ static int vmstate_size(void *opaque, const VMStateField *field)\n     return size;\n }\n \n-static void *vmstate_handle_alloc(void *ptr, const VMStateField *field,\n-                                 int size, int n_elems)\n+static void *vmstate_handle_alloc(void **ptr, int size, int n_elems)\n {\n-    void *new = ptr;\n+    size *= n_elems;\n+    if (size) {\n+        *ptr = g_malloc(size);\n+    }\n+\n+    return *ptr;\n+}\n+\n+static void *vmstate_first(void *opaque, const VMStateField *field,\n+                           int size, int n, bool alloc)\n+{\n+    void **first = opaque + field->offset;\n+\n+    if (alloc) {\n+        return vmstate_handle_alloc(first, size, n);\n+    }\n \n     if (field->flags & VMS_POINTER) {\n-        if (field->flags & VMS_ALLOC) {\n-            size *= n_elems;\n-            if (size) {\n-                new = g_malloc(size);\n-                *(void **)ptr = new;\n-            }\n-        }\n-        assert(new || !n_elems || !size);\n-        return *(void **)ptr;\n+        assert(first || !n || !size);\n+        return *first;\n     }\n-    return new;\n+\n+    return first;\n }\n \n static bool vmstate_ptr_marker_load(QEMUFile *f, bool *load_field,\n@@ -251,11 +259,12 @@ bool vmstate_load_vmsd(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n         trace_vmstate_load_state_field(vmsd->name, field->name, exists);\n \n         if (exists) {\n-            void *first_elem = opaque + field->offset;\n+            void *head;\n             int i, n_elems = vmstate_n_elems(opaque, field);\n             int size = vmstate_size(opaque, field);\n \n-            first_elem = vmstate_handle_alloc(first_elem, field, size, n_elems);\n+            head = vmstate_first(opaque, field, size, n_elems,\n+                                 field->flags & VMS_ALLOC);\n \n             for (i = 0; i < n_elems; i++) {\n                 /* If we will process the load of field? */\n@@ -264,7 +273,7 @@ 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 **)first_elem + i;\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@@ -290,13 +299,13 @@ bool vmstate_load_vmsd(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n                              * need the object size, not entry size of the\n                              * array.\n                              */\n-                            curr_elem = g_malloc0(field->size);\n-                            /* Remember to update the root pointer! */\n-                            *(void **)array_elem = curr_elem;\n+                            assert(!curr_elem);\n+                            curr_elem = vmstate_handle_alloc(array_elem,\n+                                                             field->size, 1);\n                         }\n                     }\n                 } else {\n-                    curr_elem = first_elem + size * i;\n+                    curr_elem = head + size * i;\n                 }\n \n                 if (load_field) {\n@@ -627,28 +636,26 @@ static bool vmstate_save_vmsd_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n \n     while (field->name) {\n         if (vmstate_field_exists(vmsd, field, opaque, version_id)) {\n-            void *first_elem = opaque + field->offset;\n+            void *head;\n             int i, n_elems = vmstate_n_elems(opaque, field);\n             int size = vmstate_size(opaque, field);\n             bool is_null_prev = false;\n             bool use_vmdesc = true;\n \n             trace_vmstate_save_state_loop(vmsd->name, field->name, n_elems);\n-            if (field->flags & VMS_POINTER) {\n-                first_elem = *(void **)first_elem;\n-                assert(first_elem || !n_elems || !size);\n-            }\n+            head = vmstate_first(opaque, field, size, n_elems, false);\n \n             for (i = 0; i < n_elems; i++) {\n                 bool save_field = true;\n-                void *curr_elem = first_elem + size * i;\n+                void *curr_elem;\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(curr_elem);\n-                    curr_elem = *(void **)curr_elem;\n+                    assert(array_elem);\n+                    curr_elem = *array_elem;\n \n                     is_null = !curr_elem;\n \n@@ -681,7 +688,7 @@ 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 **)(first_elem + size * j);\n+                                void *elem = *(void **)(head + size * j);\n                                 bool elem_is_null = !elem;\n \n                                 if (is_null != elem_is_null) {\n@@ -706,6 +713,8 @@ 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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