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-rw-r--r--include/migration/vmstate.h4
-rw-r--r--migration/vmstate.c40
2 files changed, 42 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/migration/vmstate.h b/include/migration/vmstate.h
index 63e7b02e05..f2dbf8410a 100644
--- a/include/migration/vmstate.h
+++ b/include/migration/vmstate.h
@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_uint16;
 extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_uint32;
 extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_uint64;
 
+/** Put this in the stream when migrating a null pointer.*/
+#define VMS_NULLPTR_MARKER (0x30U) /* '0' */
+extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_nullptr;
+
 extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_float64;
 extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_cpudouble;
 
diff --git a/migration/vmstate.c b/migration/vmstate.c
index 836a7a481b..78b3cd48e7 100644
--- a/migration/vmstate.c
+++ b/migration/vmstate.c
@@ -117,7 +117,11 @@ int vmstate_load_state(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
                 if (field->flags & VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER) {
                     curr_elem = *(void **)curr_elem;
                 }
-                if (field->flags & VMS_STRUCT) {
+                if (!curr_elem) {
+                    /* if null pointer check placeholder and do not follow */
+                    assert(field->flags & VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER);
+                    ret = vmstate_info_nullptr.get(f, curr_elem, size, NULL);
+                } else if (field->flags & VMS_STRUCT) {
                     ret = vmstate_load_state(f, field->vmsd, curr_elem,
                                              field->vmsd->version_id);
                 } else {
@@ -332,7 +336,11 @@ void vmstate_save_state(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
                     assert(curr_elem);
                     curr_elem = *(void **)curr_elem;
                 }
-                if (field->flags & VMS_STRUCT) {
+                if (!curr_elem) {
+                    /* if null pointer write placeholder and do not follow */
+                    assert(field->flags & VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER);
+                    vmstate_info_nullptr.put(f, curr_elem, size, NULL, NULL);
+                } else if (field->flags & VMS_STRUCT) {
                     vmstate_save_state(f, field->vmsd, curr_elem, vmdesc_loop);
                 } else {
                     field->info->put(f, curr_elem, size, field, vmdesc_loop);
@@ -747,6 +755,34 @@ const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_uint64 = {
     .put  = put_uint64,
 };
 
+static int get_nullptr(QEMUFile *f, void *pv, size_t size, VMStateField *field)
+
+{
+    if (qemu_get_byte(f) == VMS_NULLPTR_MARKER) {
+        return  0;
+    }
+    error_report("vmstate: get_nullptr expected VMS_NULLPTR_MARKER");
+    return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int put_nullptr(QEMUFile *f, void *pv, size_t size,
+                        VMStateField *field, QJSON *vmdesc)
+
+{
+    if (pv == NULL) {
+        qemu_put_byte(f, VMS_NULLPTR_MARKER);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    error_report("vmstate: put_nullptr must be called with pv == NULL");
+    return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_nullptr = {
+    .name = "uint64",
+    .get  = get_nullptr,
+    .put  = put_nullptr,
+};
+
 /* 64 bit unsigned int. See that the received value is the same than the one
    in the field */