On 02/24/2017 01:29 PM, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> * Halil Pasic (pa...@linux.vnet.ibm.com) wrote:
>> Make VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER cope with null pointers. Previously the
>> reward for trying to migrate an array with some null pointers in it was
>> an illegal memory access, that is a swift and painless death of the
>> process.  Let's make vmstate cope with this scenario.
>>
>> The general approach is, when we encounter a null pointer (element),
>> instead of following the pointer to save/load the data behind it, we
>> save/load a placeholder. This way we can detect if we expected a null
>> pointer at the load side but not null data was saved instead.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Halil Pasic <pa...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Guenther Hutzl <hu...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilb...@redhat.com>
> 

Thanks! Seems there are no further objections. Is the series going in
via your tree (softfreeze starting 28.02, me worried)?

Regards,
Halil


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