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Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:43:22 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a17:907:890b:b0:b9b:1ed0:b403 with SMTP id a640c23a62f3a-b9b1ed0bbf3mr92040166b.35.1774467802207; Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:43:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from x1.local ([142.189.10.167]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a640c23a62f3a-b9b203eec9fsm19412766b.42.2026.03.25.12.43.20 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:43:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:43:19 -0400 From: Peter Xu To: Fabiano Rosas Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Alexander Mikhalitsyn , Juraj Marcin Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 00/17] migration: vmstate_save|load changes for peterx Message-ID: References: <20260324194333.30004-1-farosas@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260324194333.30004-1-farosas@suse.de> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=peterx@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham 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 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 04:43:15PM -0300, Fabiano Rosas wrote: > Too much stuff to mention inline on the series, here's some patches on > top. Let me know what you think! Feel free to drop it all or > incorporate or whatever. > > Based-on: [PATCH RFC 00/10] vmstate: Implement VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER_AUTO_ALLOC > 20260317232332.15209-1-peterx@redhat.com > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260317232332.15209-1-peterx@redhat.com > > which is in turn based on https://gitlab.com/farosas/qemu/-/commits/migration-staging > > I pushed it all to https://gitlab.com/farosas/qemu/-/commits/migration-rfc-auto-alloc > > CI run: https://gitlab.com/farosas/qemu/-/pipelines/2406278684 > > Fabiano Rosas (17): > vmstate: fixup the use of AUTO_ALLOC flag > vmstate: Remove vmstate_use_marker_field > vmstate: Stop checking size for nullptr compression > vmstate: Set error inside of vmstate_save_field_with_vmdesc > vmstate: Remove vmdesc_loop > vmstate: Put array of pointers code together > vmstate: Create and save ptr marker in same function > vmstate: Don't recompute size and n_elems in vmstate_size > vmstate: Increase scope of vmstate_handle_alloc > vmstate: Remove curr_elem_p > vmstate: Introduce vmstate_first > vmstate: Introduce vmstate_next > vmstate: Drop VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER_AUTO_ALLOC > vmstate: Move VMS_MUST_EXIST check > vmstate: Invert exists check > vmstate: Declare variables at the top > vmstate: Reduce indentation levels Considering that this prior series may block the nvme series, I'll be slightly conservative on what to collect, but I'll collect as much as I can that makes me still feel confident when I repost; we'll see. Thanks for this work, Fabiano. -- Peter Xu