On 31 March 2014 15:17, Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com> wrote: > savevm will segfault if version_id < vmsd->minimum_version_id && > version_id >= vmsd->minimum_version_id_old
...and the vmstate has no load_state_old handler. > This calls through a NULL pointer. This is a bug (should > exit not crash). I'd previously assumed that this was a vmstate description bug if it happened (ie that a vmstate with minimum_version_id_old < minimum_version_id but no load_state_old wasn't allowed). Rather than failing migration here, wouldn't it be better to either: (a) diagnose the bug, by asserting at the earliest opportunity (b) define that the value of minimum_version_id_old is not relevant unless load_state_old is set I would strongly prefer (b) -- this would allow us to remove the now-pointless setting of minimum_version_id_old in huge numbers of vmstate structures. (Only five devices make use of load_state_old: acpi, apic, i440fx, pit and the ppc cpu). thanks -- PMM