It is not type safe, but it's the best that can be done without const_refs_static. It can also be used with BqlCell and BqlRefCell.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> --- rust/qemu-api/src/vmstate.rs | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) diff --git a/rust/qemu-api/src/vmstate.rs b/rust/qemu-api/src/vmstate.rs index 9ac699b73b7..d3a9cffdf3f 100644 --- a/rust/qemu-api/src/vmstate.rs +++ b/rust/qemu-api/src/vmstate.rs @@ -628,6 +628,39 @@ macro_rules! vmstate_array_of_pointer_to_struct { }}; } +// FIXME: including the `vmsd` field in a `const` is not possible without +// the const_refs_static feature (stabilized in Rust 1.83.0). Without it, +// it is not possible to use VMS_STRUCT in a transparent manner using +// `vmstate_of!`. While VMSTATE_CLOCK can at least try to be type-safe, +// VMSTATE_STRUCT includes $type only for documentation purposes; it +// is checked against $field_name and $struct_name, but not against $vmsd +// which is what really would matter. +#[doc(alias = "VMSTATE_STRUCT")] +#[macro_export] +macro_rules! vmstate_struct { + ($struct_name:ty, $field_name:ident $([0 .. $num:ident $(* $factor:expr)?])?, $vmsd:expr, $type:ty $(,)?) => { + $crate::bindings::VMStateField { + name: ::core::concat!(::core::stringify!($field_name), "\0") + .as_bytes() + .as_ptr() as *const ::std::os::raw::c_char, + $(.num_offset: $crate::offset_of!($struct_name, $num),)? + offset: { + $crate::assert_field_type!($struct_name, $field_name, $type); + $crate::offset_of!($struct_name, $field_name) + }, + size: ::core::mem::size_of::<$type>(), + flags: $crate::bindings::VMStateFlags::VMS_STRUCT, + vmsd: unsafe { $vmsd }, + ..$crate::zeroable::Zeroable::ZERO $( + .with_varray_flag($crate::call_func_with_field!( + $crate::vmstate::vmstate_varray_flag, + $struct_name, + $num)) + $(.with_varray_multiply($factor))?)? + } + }; +} + #[doc(alias = "VMSTATE_CLOCK_V")] #[macro_export] macro_rules! vmstate_clock_v { -- 2.48.1