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    "date": "2026-03-24T19:43:29",
    "name": "[RFC,v1,14/17] vmstate: Move VMS_MUST_EXIST check",
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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 14/17] vmstate: Move VMS_MUST_EXIST check",
        "Date": "Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:43:29 -0300",
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    "content": "Move the VMS_MUST_EXIST check into the vmstate_field_exists() function\nand make it return bool + errp. This deduplicates a bit of code\nbetween save and load.\n\nXXX: why do we assert on save?\n\nSigned-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>\n---\n migration/vmstate.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------\n 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)",
    "diff": "diff --git a/migration/vmstate.c b/migration/vmstate.c\nindex 8f0f9383e2..5bc860129e 100644\n--- a/migration/vmstate.c\n+++ b/migration/vmstate.c\n@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ static bool vmstate_save_vmsd_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n                                 void *opaque, JSONWriter *vmdesc,\n                                 int version_id, Error **errp);\n \n-/* Whether this field should exist for either save or load the VM? */\n-static bool\n-vmstate_field_exists(const VMStateDescription *vmsd, const VMStateField *field,\n-                     void *opaque, int version_id)\n+static bool vmstate_field_exists(const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n+                                 const VMStateField *field,\n+                                 void *opaque, int version_id,\n+                                 bool *exists, Error **errp)\n {\n     bool result;\n \n@@ -51,7 +51,16 @@ vmstate_field_exists(const VMStateDescription *vmsd, const VMStateField *field,\n         result = field->version_id <= version_id;\n     }\n \n-    return result;\n+    *exists = result;\n+\n+    if (!result && field->flags & VMS_MUST_EXIST) {\n+        error_setg(errp, \"Expected field to exist, but it doesn't: \"\n+                   \"%s/%s version_id: %d\",\n+                   vmsd->name, field->name, vmsd->version_id);\n+        return false;\n+    }\n+\n+    return true;\n }\n \n static int vmstate_n_elems(void *opaque, const VMStateField *field)\n@@ -257,6 +266,7 @@ bool vmstate_load_vmsd(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n {\n     ERRP_GUARD();\n     const VMStateField *field = vmsd->fields;\n+    bool ok = true;\n \n     trace_vmstate_load_state(vmsd->name, version_id);\n \n@@ -281,7 +291,13 @@ bool vmstate_load_vmsd(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n     }\n \n     while (field->name) {\n-        bool exists = vmstate_field_exists(vmsd, field, opaque, version_id);\n+        bool exists;\n+\n+        ok = vmstate_field_exists(vmsd, field, opaque, version_id, &exists,\n+                                  errp);\n+        if (!ok) {\n+            return false;\n+        }\n \n         trace_vmstate_load_state_field(vmsd->name, field->name, exists);\n \n@@ -296,7 +312,6 @@ bool vmstate_load_vmsd(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n             for (i = 0; i < n_elems; i++) {\n                 /* If we will process the load of field? */\n                 bool load_field = true;\n-                bool ok = true;\n                 void *curr_elem;\n \n                 if (field->flags & VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER) {\n@@ -326,10 +341,6 @@ bool vmstate_load_vmsd(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n                     return false;\n                 }\n             }\n-        } else if (field->flags & VMS_MUST_EXIST) {\n-            error_setg(errp, \"Input validation failed: %s/%s version_id: %d\",\n-                       vmsd->name, field->name, vmsd->version_id);\n-            return false;\n         }\n         field++;\n     }\n@@ -635,7 +646,14 @@ static bool vmstate_save_vmsd_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n     }\n \n     while (field->name) {\n-        if (vmstate_field_exists(vmsd, field, opaque, version_id)) {\n+        bool exists;\n+\n+        ok = vmstate_field_exists(vmsd, field, opaque, version_id, &exists,\n+                                  errp);\n+        if (!ok) {\n+            g_assert_not_reached();\n+        }\n+        if (exists) {\n             void *head;\n             int i, n_elems = vmstate_n_elems(opaque, field);\n             int size = vmstate_size(opaque, field);\n@@ -725,12 +743,6 @@ static bool vmstate_save_vmsd_v(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,\n \n                 use_vmdesc = false;\n             }\n-        } else {\n-            if (field->flags & VMS_MUST_EXIST) {\n-                error_report(\"Output state validation failed: %s/%s\",\n-                        vmsd->name, field->name);\n-                assert(!(field->flags & VMS_MUST_EXIST));\n-            }\n         }\n         field++;\n     }\n",
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        "RFC",
        "v1",
        "14/17"
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