Re: [RFC PATCH v1 00/17] migration: vmstate_save|load changes for peterx

[Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>]

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