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{ "id": 2218754, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/patches/2218754/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/qemu-devel/patch/20260401202844.673494-4-peterx@redhat.com/", "project": { "id": 14, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/projects/14/?format=api", "name": "QEMU Development", "link_name": "qemu-devel", "list_id": "qemu-devel.nongnu.org", "list_email": "qemu-devel@nongnu.org", "web_url": "", "scm_url": "", "webscm_url": "", "list_archive_url": "", "list_archive_url_format": "", "commit_url_format": "" }, "msgid": "<20260401202844.673494-4-peterx@redhat.com>", "list_archive_url": null, "date": "2026-04-01T20:28:36", "name": "[03/11] vmstate: Do not set size for VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER", "commit_ref": null, "pull_url": null, "state": "new", "archived": false, "hash": "bbb59265a06afbfe2a33fe1216006a977dcf2daa", "submitter": { "id": 67717, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/people/67717/?format=api", "name": "Peter Xu", "email": "peterx@redhat.com" }, "delegate": null, "mbox": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/qemu-devel/patch/20260401202844.673494-4-peterx@redhat.com/mbox/", "series": [ { "id": 498385, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/series/498385/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/qemu-devel/list/?series=498385", "date": "2026-04-01T20:28:34", "name": "vmstate: Implement VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER_AUTO_ALLOC", "version": 1, "mbox": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/series/498385/mbox/" } ], "comments": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/patches/2218754/comments/", "check": "pending", "checks": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/patches/2218754/checks/", "tags": {}, "related": [], "headers": { "Return-Path": "<qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org>", "X-Original-To": "incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org", "Delivered-To": "patchwork-incoming@legolas.ozlabs.org", "Authentication-Results": [ "legolas.ozlabs.org;\n\tdkim=pass (1024-bit key;\n unprotected) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.a=rsa-sha256\n header.s=mimecast20190719 header.b=Y1Y+1bKX;\n\tdkim=pass (2048-bit key;\n unprotected) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.a=rsa-sha256\n header.s=google header.b=B+j5p3pN;\n\tdkim-atps=neutral", "legolas.ozlabs.org;\n spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org\n (client-ip=209.51.188.17; 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charset=UTF-8", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "8bit", "Received-SPF": "pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=peterx@redhat.com;\n helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com", "X-Spam_score_int": "-6", "X-Spam_score": "-0.7", "X-Spam_bar": "/", "X-Spam_report": "(-0.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.54,\n DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1,\n RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01,\n RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=1, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=1,\n SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no", "X-Spam_action": "no action", "X-BeenThere": "qemu-devel@nongnu.org", "X-Mailman-Version": "2.1.29", "Precedence": "list", "List-Id": "qemu development <qemu-devel.nongnu.org>", "List-Unsubscribe": "<https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/options/qemu-devel>,\n <mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>", "List-Archive": "<https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel>", "List-Post": "<mailto:qemu-devel@nongnu.org>", "List-Help": "<mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=help>", "List-Subscribe": "<https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel>,\n <mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=subscribe>", "Errors-To": "qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org", "Sender": "qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org" }, "content": "When VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER is specified, it means the vmstate field is an\narray of pointers.\n\nThe size of the element is not relevant to whatever it is stored inside: it\nis always the host pointer size.\n\nLet's reserve the \"size\" field in this case for future use, update\nvmstate_size() so as to make it still work for array of pointers properly.\n\nWhen at this, provide rich documentation on how size / size_offset works in\nvmstate.\n\nReviewed-by: Alexander Mikhalitsyn <aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@futurfusion.io>\nReviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>\nReviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>\nSigned-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>\n---\n include/migration/vmstate.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++----\n migration/savevm.c | 3 +++\n migration/vmstate.c | 10 +++++++++-\n 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)", "diff": "diff --git a/include/migration/vmstate.h b/include/migration/vmstate.h\nindex 32bb8e8ebc..350e62a55a 100644\n--- a/include/migration/vmstate.h\n+++ b/include/migration/vmstate.h\n@@ -183,11 +183,26 @@ typedef enum {\n struct VMStateField {\n const char *name;\n size_t offset;\n+\n+ /*\n+ * @size or @size_offset specifies the size of the element embeded in\n+ * the field. Only one of them should be present never both. When\n+ * @size_offset is used together with VMS_VBUFFER, it means the size is\n+ * dynamic calculated instead of a constant.\n+ *\n+ * When the field is an array of any type, this stores the size of one\n+ * element of the array.\n+ *\n+ * NOTE: even if VMS_POINTER or VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER may be specified,\n+ * this parameter always reflects the real size of the objects that a\n+ * pointer point to.\n+ */\n size_t size;\n+ size_t size_offset;\n+\n size_t start;\n int num;\n size_t num_offset;\n- size_t size_offset;\n const VMStateInfo *info;\n enum VMStateFlags flags;\n const VMStateDescription *vmsd;\n@@ -547,7 +562,6 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qlist;\n .version_id = (_version), \\\n .num = (_num), \\\n .info = &(_info), \\\n- .size = sizeof(_type *), \\\n .flags = VMS_ARRAY|VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER, \\\n .offset = vmstate_offset_array(_state, _field, _type *, _num), \\\n }\n@@ -557,7 +571,6 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qlist;\n .version_id = (_v), \\\n .num = (_n), \\\n .vmsd = &(_vmsd), \\\n- .size = sizeof(_type *), \\\n .flags = VMS_ARRAY|VMS_STRUCT|VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER, \\\n .offset = vmstate_offset_array(_s, _f, _type*, _n), \\\n }\n@@ -567,7 +580,6 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qlist;\n .version_id = (_version), \\\n .num_offset = vmstate_offset_value(_state, _field_num, uint32_t), \\\n .info = &(_info), \\\n- .size = sizeof(_type *), \\\n .flags = VMS_VARRAY_UINT32 | VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER | VMS_POINTER, \\\n .offset = vmstate_offset_pointer(_state, _field, _type *), \\\n }\ndiff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c\nindex 8115203b51..f5a6fd0c66 100644\n--- a/migration/savevm.c\n+++ b/migration/savevm.c\n@@ -868,6 +868,9 @@ static void vmstate_check(const VMStateDescription *vmsd)\n \n if (field) {\n while (field->name) {\n+ if (field->flags & VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER) {\n+ assert(field->size == 0);\n+ }\n if (field->flags & (VMS_STRUCT | VMS_VSTRUCT)) {\n /* Recurse to sub structures */\n vmstate_check(field->vmsd);\ndiff --git a/migration/vmstate.c b/migration/vmstate.c\nindex e98b5f5346..e29a8c3f49 100644\n--- a/migration/vmstate.c\n+++ b/migration/vmstate.c\n@@ -110,13 +110,21 @@ static int vmstate_n_elems(void *opaque, const VMStateField *field)\n \n static int vmstate_size(void *opaque, const VMStateField *field)\n {\n- int size = field->size;\n+ int size;\n \n if (field->flags & VMS_VBUFFER) {\n size = *(int32_t *)(opaque + field->size_offset);\n if (field->flags & VMS_MULTIPLY) {\n size *= field->size;\n }\n+ } else if (field->flags & VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER) {\n+ /*\n+ * For an array of pointer, the each element is always size of a\n+ * host pointer.\n+ */\n+ size = sizeof(void *);\n+ } else {\n+ size = field->size;\n }\n \n return size;\n", "prefixes": [ "03/11" ] }