* Juan Quintela (quint...@redhat.com) wrote: > To make sections optional, we need to do it at the beggining of the code.
I didn't quite understand your description; but I think the reasoning here is that to make a top level section optional, you need to do it in the top level to avoid sending the section header. > Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quint...@redhat.com> > --- > include/migration/vmstate.h | 2 ++ > migration/vmstate.c | 11 +++++++++++ > savevm.c | 4 ++++ > 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/include/migration/vmstate.h b/include/migration/vmstate.h > index fc5e643..a8b59eb 100644 > --- a/include/migration/vmstate.h > +++ b/include/migration/vmstate.h > @@ -813,6 +813,8 @@ int vmstate_load_state(QEMUFile *f, const > VMStateDescription *vmsd, > void vmstate_save_state(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd, > void *opaque, QJSON *vmdesc); > > +bool vmstate_save_needed(const VMStateDescription *vmsd, void *opaque); > + > int vmstate_register_with_alias_id(DeviceState *dev, int instance_id, > const VMStateDescription *vmsd, > void *base, int alias_id, > diff --git a/migration/vmstate.c b/migration/vmstate.c > index 108995e..36dab84 100644 > --- a/migration/vmstate.c > +++ b/migration/vmstate.c > @@ -276,6 +276,17 @@ static void vmsd_desc_field_end(const VMStateDescription > *vmsd, QJSON *vmdesc, > json_end_object(vmdesc); > } > > + > +bool vmstate_save_needed(const VMStateDescription *vmsd, void *opaque) > +{ > + if (vmsd->needed && !vmsd->needed(opaque)) { > + /* optional section not needed */ > + return false; > + } > + return true; > +} > + > + > void vmstate_save_state(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd, > void *opaque, QJSON *vmdesc) > { > diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c > index 01770cd..2b4e554 100644 > --- a/savevm.c > +++ b/savevm.c > @@ -763,6 +763,10 @@ void qemu_savevm_state_complete(QEMUFile *f) > if ((!se->ops || !se->ops->save_state) && !se->vmsd) { > continue; > } > + if (se->vmsd && !vmstate_save_needed(se->vmsd, se->opaque)) { > + continue; > + } > + You might like to add a trace_ for when you skip this, but otherwise fine. Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilb...@redhat.com> > trace_savevm_section_start(se->idstr, se->section_id); > > json_start_object(vmdesc, NULL); > -- > 2.4.0 > > -- Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilb...@redhat.com / Manchester, UK