@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_kbd = {
.name = "pckbd",
.version_id = 3,
.minimum_version_id = 3,
- .minimum_version_id_old = 3,
.fields = (VMStateField []) {
VMSTATE_UINT8(write_cmd, KBDState),
VMSTATE_UINT8(status, KBDState),
@@ -168,12 +167,13 @@ You can see that there are several version fields:
- minimum_version_id: the minimum version_id that VMState is able to understand
for that device.
- minimum_version_id_old: For devices that were not able to port to vmstate, we can
- assign a function that knows how to read this old state.
+ assign a function that knows how to read this old state. This field is
+ ignored if there is no load_state_old handler.
So, VMState is able to read versions from minimum_version_id to
-version_id. And the function load_state_old() is able to load state
-from minimum_version_id_old to minimum_version_id. This function is
-deprecated and will be removed when no more users are left.
+version_id. And the function load_state_old() (if present) is able to
+load state from minimum_version_id_old to minimum_version_id. This
+function is deprecated and will be removed when no more users are left.
=== Massaging functions ===
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ const VMStateDescription vmstate_ide_drive_pio_state = {
.name = "ide_drive/pio_state",
.version_id = 1,
.minimum_version_id = 1,
- .minimum_version_id_old = 1,
.pre_save = ide_drive_pio_pre_save,
.post_load = ide_drive_pio_post_load,
.fields = (VMStateField []) {
@@ -275,7 +274,6 @@ const VMStateDescription vmstate_ide_drive = {
.name = "ide_drive",
.version_id = 3,
.minimum_version_id = 0,
- .minimum_version_id_old = 0,
.post_load = ide_drive_post_load,
.fields = (VMStateField []) {
.... several fields ....
@@ -1729,11 +1729,12 @@ int vmstate_load_state(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
if (version_id > vmsd->version_id) {
return -EINVAL;
}
- if (version_id < vmsd->minimum_version_id_old) {
- return -EINVAL;
- }
if (version_id < vmsd->minimum_version_id) {
- return vmsd->load_state_old(f, opaque, version_id);
+ if (vmsd->load_state_old &&
+ version_id >= vmsd->minimum_version_id_old) {
+ return vmsd->load_state_old(f, opaque, version_id);
+ }
+ return -EINVAL;
}
if (vmsd->pre_load) {
int ret = vmsd->pre_load(opaque);