While comparing qemu-1.0 json output with qemu-2.1, a few fields got marked unused. These need to be skipped over, and not flagged as mismatches.
For handling unused fields, the exact number of bytes need to be skipped over as the size of the unused field. Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.s...@redhat.com> --- scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py b/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py index c387a56..f7ce3fc 100755 --- a/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py +++ b/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py @@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ def check_fields(src_fields, dest_fields, desc, sec): advance_src = True advance_dest = True + unused_count = 0 while True: if advance_src: @@ -156,9 +157,10 @@ def check_fields(src_fields, dest_fields, desc, sec): s_iter = s_iter_list.pop() continue else: - # We want to avoid advancing just once -- when entering a - # dest substruct, or when exiting one. - advance_src = True + if unused_count == 0: + # We want to avoid advancing just once -- when entering a + # dest substruct, or when exiting one. + advance_src = True if advance_dest: try: @@ -177,7 +179,37 @@ def check_fields(src_fields, dest_fields, desc, sec): advance_src = False continue else: - advance_dest = True + if unused_count == 0: + advance_dest = True + + if unused_count > 0: + if advance_dest == False: + unused_count = unused_count - s_item["size"] + if unused_count == 0: + advance_dest = True + continue + if unused_count < 0: + print "Section \"" + sec + "\",", + print "Description \"" + desc + "\":", + print "unused size mismatch near \"", + print s_item["field"] + "\"" + bump_taint() + break + continue + + if advance_src == False: + unused_count = unused_count - d_item["size"] + if unused_count == 0: + advance_src = True + continue + if unused_count < 0: + print "Section \"" + sec + "\",", + print "Description \"" + desc + "\":", + print "unused size mismatch near \"", + print d_item["field"] + "\"" + bump_taint() + break + continue if not check_fields_match(desc, s_item["field"], d_item["field"]): # Some fields were put in substructs, keeping the @@ -208,6 +240,20 @@ def check_fields(src_fields, dest_fields, desc, sec): advance_dest = False continue + if s_item["field"] == "unused" or d_item["field"] == "unused": + if s_item["size"] == d_item["size"]: + continue + + if d_item["field"] == "unused": + advance_dest = False + unused_count = d_item["size"] - s_item["size"] + continue + + if s_item["field"] == "unused": + advance_src = False + unused_count = s_item["size"] - d_item["size"] + continue + print "Section \"" + sec + "\",", print "Description \"" + desc + "\":", print "expected field \"" + s_item["field"] + "\",", -- 1.9.3