"Michael S. Tsirkin" <[email protected]> writes:

> On Mon, Oct 06, 2025 at 03:23:06PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <[email protected]> writes:
>> 
>> > To migrate virtio-net TAP device backend (including open fds) locally,
>> > user should simply set migration parameter
>> >
>> >    backend-transfer = ["virtio-net-tap"]
>> >
>> > Why not simple boolean? To simplify migration to further versions,
>> > when more devices will support backend-transfer migration.
>> >
>> > Alternatively, we may add per-device option to disable backend-transfer
>> > migration, but still:
>> >
>> > 1. It's more comfortable to set same capabilities/parameters on both
>> > source and target QEMU, than care about each device.
>> >
>> > 2. To not break the design, that machine-type + device options +
>> > migration capabilities and parameters are fully define the resulting
>> > migration stream. We'll break this if add in future more
>> > backend-transfer support in devices under same backend-transfer=true
>> > parameter.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <[email protected]>
>> > ---
>> >  include/qapi/util.h | 17 ++++++++++++++++
>> >  migration/options.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> >  migration/options.h |  2 ++
>> >  qapi/migration.json | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>> >  4 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/include/qapi/util.h b/include/qapi/util.h
>> > index 29bc4eb865..b953402416 100644
>> > --- a/include/qapi/util.h
>> > +++ b/include/qapi/util.h
>> > @@ -69,4 +69,21 @@ int parse_qapi_name(const char *name, bool complete);
>> >          _len;                                                       \
>> >      })
>> >  
>> > +/*
>> > + * For any GenericList @list, return true if it contains specified
>> > + * element.
>> > + */
>> > +#define QAPI_LIST_CONTAINS(list, el)                                \
>> > +    ({                                                              \
>> > +        bool _found = false;                                        \
>> > +        typeof_strip_qual(list) _tail;                              \
>> > +        for (_tail = list; _tail != NULL; _tail = _tail->next) {    \
>> > +            if (_tail->value == el) {                               \
>> > +                _found = true;                                      \
>> > +                break;                                              \
>> > +            }                                                       \
>> > +        }                                                           \
>> > +        _found;                                                     \
>> > +    })
>> > +
>> 
>> Not a fan of lengthy macros.
>> 
>> There's a single use below: migrate_virtio_net_tap().  I can't see
>> potential uses for such a search in existing code.
>
> However, QAPI_LIST_FOR_EACH can potentially be used to implement
> QAPI_LIST_LENGTH.
>
> #define QAPI_LIST_FOR_EACH(list, tail)                    \
>         for (tail = list; tail != NULL; tail = tail->next)
>
> and
>
> #define QAPI_LIST_LENGTH(list)                                      \
>     ({                                                              \
>         size_t _len = 0;                                            \
>         typeof_strip_qual(list) _tail;                              \
>         QAPI_LIST_FOR_EACH(list, tail) {                            \
>             _len++;                                                 \
>         }                                                           \
>         _len;                                                       \
>     })

Yes, but would QAPI_LIST_FOR_EACH be better than the straightfoward &
simple for-loop?

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