Re: [Qemu-stable] [PATCH v5 24/24] savevm: Ignore minimum_version_id_old if there is no load_state_old

[Juan Quintela]

"Michael S. Tsirkin" <address@hidden> wrote:
> From: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
>
> At the moment we require vmstate definitions to set minimum_version_id_old
> to the same value as minimum_version_id if they do not provide a
> load_state_old handler. Since the load_state_old functionality is
> required only for a handful of devices that need to retain migration
> compatibility with a pre-vmstate implementation, this means the bulk
> of devices have pointless boilerplate. Relax the definition so that
> minimum_version_id_old is ignored if there is no load_state_old handler.
>
> Note that under the old scheme we would segfault if the vmstate
> specified a minimum_version_id_old that was less than minimum_version_id
> but did not provide a load_state_old function, and the incoming state
> specified a version number between minimum_version_id_old and
> minimum_version_id. Under the new scheme this will just result in
> our failing the migration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden>

Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <address@hidden>

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