xref: /openbmc/qemu/migration/qemu-file.c (revision e4ec5ad4)
1 /*
2  * QEMU System Emulator
3  *
4  * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
5  *
6  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
7  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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10  * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
11  * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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15  *
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17  * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
18  * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
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21  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
22  * THE SOFTWARE.
23  */
24 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
25 #include <zlib.h>
26 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
27 #include "qemu/iov.h"
28 #include "migration.h"
29 #include "qemu-file.h"
30 #include "trace.h"
31 #include "qapi/error.h"
32 
33 #define IO_BUF_SIZE 32768
34 #define MAX_IOV_SIZE MIN(IOV_MAX, 64)
35 
36 struct QEMUFile {
37     const QEMUFileOps *ops;
38     const QEMUFileHooks *hooks;
39     void *opaque;
40 
41     int64_t bytes_xfer;
42     int64_t xfer_limit;
43 
44     int64_t pos; /* start of buffer when writing, end of buffer
45                     when reading */
46     int buf_index;
47     int buf_size; /* 0 when writing */
48     uint8_t buf[IO_BUF_SIZE];
49 
50     DECLARE_BITMAP(may_free, MAX_IOV_SIZE);
51     struct iovec iov[MAX_IOV_SIZE];
52     unsigned int iovcnt;
53 
54     int last_error;
55     Error *last_error_obj;
56 };
57 
58 /*
59  * Stop a file from being read/written - not all backing files can do this
60  * typically only sockets can.
61  */
62 int qemu_file_shutdown(QEMUFile *f)
63 {
64     if (!f->ops->shut_down) {
65         return -ENOSYS;
66     }
67     return f->ops->shut_down(f->opaque, true, true, NULL);
68 }
69 
70 /*
71  * Result: QEMUFile* for a 'return path' for comms in the opposite direction
72  *         NULL if not available
73  */
74 QEMUFile *qemu_file_get_return_path(QEMUFile *f)
75 {
76     if (!f->ops->get_return_path) {
77         return NULL;
78     }
79     return f->ops->get_return_path(f->opaque);
80 }
81 
82 bool qemu_file_mode_is_not_valid(const char *mode)
83 {
84     if (mode == NULL ||
85         (mode[0] != 'r' && mode[0] != 'w') ||
86         mode[1] != 'b' || mode[2] != 0) {
87         fprintf(stderr, "qemu_fopen: Argument validity check failed\n");
88         return true;
89     }
90 
91     return false;
92 }
93 
94 QEMUFile *qemu_fopen_ops(void *opaque, const QEMUFileOps *ops)
95 {
96     QEMUFile *f;
97 
98     f = g_new0(QEMUFile, 1);
99 
100     f->opaque = opaque;
101     f->ops = ops;
102     return f;
103 }
104 
105 
106 void qemu_file_set_hooks(QEMUFile *f, const QEMUFileHooks *hooks)
107 {
108     f->hooks = hooks;
109 }
110 
111 /*
112  * Get last error for stream f with optional Error*
113  *
114  * Return negative error value if there has been an error on previous
115  * operations, return 0 if no error happened.
116  * Optional, it returns Error* in errp, but it may be NULL even if return value
117  * is not 0.
118  *
119  */
120 int qemu_file_get_error_obj(QEMUFile *f, Error **errp)
121 {
122     if (errp) {
123         *errp = f->last_error_obj ? error_copy(f->last_error_obj) : NULL;
124     }
125     return f->last_error;
126 }
127 
128 /*
129  * Set the last error for stream f with optional Error*
130  */
131 void qemu_file_set_error_obj(QEMUFile *f, int ret, Error *err)
132 {
133     if (f->last_error == 0 && ret) {
134         f->last_error = ret;
135         error_propagate(&f->last_error_obj, err);
136     } else if (err) {
137         error_report_err(err);
138     }
139 }
140 
141 /*
142  * Get last error for stream f
143  *
144  * Return negative error value if there has been an error on previous
145  * operations, return 0 if no error happened.
146  *
147  */
148 int qemu_file_get_error(QEMUFile *f)
149 {
150     return qemu_file_get_error_obj(f, NULL);
151 }
152 
153 /*
154  * Set the last error for stream f
155  */
156 void qemu_file_set_error(QEMUFile *f, int ret)
157 {
158     qemu_file_set_error_obj(f, ret, NULL);
159 }
160 
161 bool qemu_file_is_writable(QEMUFile *f)
162 {
163     return f->ops->writev_buffer;
164 }
165 
166 static void qemu_iovec_release_ram(QEMUFile *f)
167 {
168     struct iovec iov;
169     unsigned long idx;
170 
171     /* Find and release all the contiguous memory ranges marked as may_free. */
172     idx = find_next_bit(f->may_free, f->iovcnt, 0);
173     if (idx >= f->iovcnt) {
174         return;
175     }
176     iov = f->iov[idx];
177 
178     /* The madvise() in the loop is called for iov within a continuous range and
179      * then reinitialize the iov. And in the end, madvise() is called for the
180      * last iov.
181      */
182     while ((idx = find_next_bit(f->may_free, f->iovcnt, idx + 1)) < f->iovcnt) {
183         /* check for adjacent buffer and coalesce them */
184         if (iov.iov_base + iov.iov_len == f->iov[idx].iov_base) {
185             iov.iov_len += f->iov[idx].iov_len;
186             continue;
187         }
188         if (qemu_madvise(iov.iov_base, iov.iov_len, QEMU_MADV_DONTNEED) < 0) {
189             error_report("migrate: madvise DONTNEED failed %p %zd: %s",
190                          iov.iov_base, iov.iov_len, strerror(errno));
191         }
192         iov = f->iov[idx];
193     }
194     if (qemu_madvise(iov.iov_base, iov.iov_len, QEMU_MADV_DONTNEED) < 0) {
195             error_report("migrate: madvise DONTNEED failed %p %zd: %s",
196                          iov.iov_base, iov.iov_len, strerror(errno));
197     }
198     memset(f->may_free, 0, sizeof(f->may_free));
199 }
200 
201 /**
202  * Flushes QEMUFile buffer
203  *
204  * This will flush all pending data. If data was only partially flushed, it
205  * will set an error state.
206  */
207 void qemu_fflush(QEMUFile *f)
208 {
209     ssize_t ret = 0;
210     ssize_t expect = 0;
211     Error *local_error = NULL;
212 
213     if (!qemu_file_is_writable(f)) {
214         return;
215     }
216 
217     if (f->iovcnt > 0) {
218         expect = iov_size(f->iov, f->iovcnt);
219         ret = f->ops->writev_buffer(f->opaque, f->iov, f->iovcnt, f->pos,
220                                     &local_error);
221 
222         qemu_iovec_release_ram(f);
223     }
224 
225     if (ret >= 0) {
226         f->pos += ret;
227     }
228     /* We expect the QEMUFile write impl to send the full
229      * data set we requested, so sanity check that.
230      */
231     if (ret != expect) {
232         qemu_file_set_error_obj(f, ret < 0 ? ret : -EIO, local_error);
233     }
234     f->buf_index = 0;
235     f->iovcnt = 0;
236 }
237 
238 void ram_control_before_iterate(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t flags)
239 {
240     int ret = 0;
241 
242     if (f->hooks && f->hooks->before_ram_iterate) {
243         ret = f->hooks->before_ram_iterate(f, f->opaque, flags, NULL);
244         if (ret < 0) {
245             qemu_file_set_error(f, ret);
246         }
247     }
248 }
249 
250 void ram_control_after_iterate(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t flags)
251 {
252     int ret = 0;
253 
254     if (f->hooks && f->hooks->after_ram_iterate) {
255         ret = f->hooks->after_ram_iterate(f, f->opaque, flags, NULL);
256         if (ret < 0) {
257             qemu_file_set_error(f, ret);
258         }
259     }
260 }
261 
262 void ram_control_load_hook(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t flags, void *data)
263 {
264     int ret = -EINVAL;
265 
266     if (f->hooks && f->hooks->hook_ram_load) {
267         ret = f->hooks->hook_ram_load(f, f->opaque, flags, data);
268         if (ret < 0) {
269             qemu_file_set_error(f, ret);
270         }
271     } else {
272         /*
273          * Hook is a hook specifically requested by the source sending a flag
274          * that expects there to be a hook on the destination.
275          */
276         if (flags == RAM_CONTROL_HOOK) {
277             qemu_file_set_error(f, ret);
278         }
279     }
280 }
281 
282 size_t ram_control_save_page(QEMUFile *f, ram_addr_t block_offset,
283                              ram_addr_t offset, size_t size,
284                              uint64_t *bytes_sent)
285 {
286     if (f->hooks && f->hooks->save_page) {
287         int ret = f->hooks->save_page(f, f->opaque, block_offset,
288                                       offset, size, bytes_sent);
289         if (ret != RAM_SAVE_CONTROL_NOT_SUPP) {
290             f->bytes_xfer += size;
291         }
292 
293         if (ret != RAM_SAVE_CONTROL_DELAYED &&
294             ret != RAM_SAVE_CONTROL_NOT_SUPP) {
295             if (bytes_sent && *bytes_sent > 0) {
296                 qemu_update_position(f, *bytes_sent);
297             } else if (ret < 0) {
298                 qemu_file_set_error(f, ret);
299             }
300         }
301 
302         return ret;
303     }
304 
305     return RAM_SAVE_CONTROL_NOT_SUPP;
306 }
307 
308 /*
309  * Attempt to fill the buffer from the underlying file
310  * Returns the number of bytes read, or negative value for an error.
311  *
312  * Note that it can return a partially full buffer even in a not error/not EOF
313  * case if the underlying file descriptor gives a short read, and that can
314  * happen even on a blocking fd.
315  */
316 static ssize_t qemu_fill_buffer(QEMUFile *f)
317 {
318     int len;
319     int pending;
320     Error *local_error = NULL;
321 
322     assert(!qemu_file_is_writable(f));
323 
324     pending = f->buf_size - f->buf_index;
325     if (pending > 0) {
326         memmove(f->buf, f->buf + f->buf_index, pending);
327     }
328     f->buf_index = 0;
329     f->buf_size = pending;
330 
331     len = f->ops->get_buffer(f->opaque, f->buf + pending, f->pos,
332                              IO_BUF_SIZE - pending, &local_error);
333     if (len > 0) {
334         f->buf_size += len;
335         f->pos += len;
336     } else if (len == 0) {
337         qemu_file_set_error_obj(f, -EIO, local_error);
338     } else if (len != -EAGAIN) {
339         qemu_file_set_error_obj(f, len, local_error);
340     } else {
341         error_free(local_error);
342     }
343 
344     return len;
345 }
346 
347 void qemu_update_position(QEMUFile *f, size_t size)
348 {
349     f->pos += size;
350 }
351 
352 /** Closes the file
353  *
354  * Returns negative error value if any error happened on previous operations or
355  * while closing the file. Returns 0 or positive number on success.
356  *
357  * The meaning of return value on success depends on the specific backend
358  * being used.
359  */
360 int qemu_fclose(QEMUFile *f)
361 {
362     int ret;
363     qemu_fflush(f);
364     ret = qemu_file_get_error(f);
365 
366     if (f->ops->close) {
367         int ret2 = f->ops->close(f->opaque, NULL);
368         if (ret >= 0) {
369             ret = ret2;
370         }
371     }
372     /* If any error was spotted before closing, we should report it
373      * instead of the close() return value.
374      */
375     if (f->last_error) {
376         ret = f->last_error;
377     }
378     error_free(f->last_error_obj);
379     g_free(f);
380     trace_qemu_file_fclose();
381     return ret;
382 }
383 
384 /*
385  * Add buf to iovec. Do flush if iovec is full.
386  *
387  * Return values:
388  * 1 iovec is full and flushed
389  * 0 iovec is not flushed
390  *
391  */
392 static int add_to_iovec(QEMUFile *f, const uint8_t *buf, size_t size,
393                         bool may_free)
394 {
395     /* check for adjacent buffer and coalesce them */
396     if (f->iovcnt > 0 && buf == f->iov[f->iovcnt - 1].iov_base +
397         f->iov[f->iovcnt - 1].iov_len &&
398         may_free == test_bit(f->iovcnt - 1, f->may_free))
399     {
400         f->iov[f->iovcnt - 1].iov_len += size;
401     } else {
402         if (may_free) {
403             set_bit(f->iovcnt, f->may_free);
404         }
405         f->iov[f->iovcnt].iov_base = (uint8_t *)buf;
406         f->iov[f->iovcnt++].iov_len = size;
407     }
408 
409     if (f->iovcnt >= MAX_IOV_SIZE) {
410         qemu_fflush(f);
411         return 1;
412     }
413 
414     return 0;
415 }
416 
417 static void add_buf_to_iovec(QEMUFile *f, size_t len)
418 {
419     if (!add_to_iovec(f, f->buf + f->buf_index, len, false)) {
420         f->buf_index += len;
421         if (f->buf_index == IO_BUF_SIZE) {
422             qemu_fflush(f);
423         }
424     }
425 }
426 
427 void qemu_put_buffer_async(QEMUFile *f, const uint8_t *buf, size_t size,
428                            bool may_free)
429 {
430     if (f->last_error) {
431         return;
432     }
433 
434     f->bytes_xfer += size;
435     add_to_iovec(f, buf, size, may_free);
436 }
437 
438 void qemu_put_buffer(QEMUFile *f, const uint8_t *buf, size_t size)
439 {
440     size_t l;
441 
442     if (f->last_error) {
443         return;
444     }
445 
446     while (size > 0) {
447         l = IO_BUF_SIZE - f->buf_index;
448         if (l > size) {
449             l = size;
450         }
451         memcpy(f->buf + f->buf_index, buf, l);
452         f->bytes_xfer += l;
453         add_buf_to_iovec(f, l);
454         if (qemu_file_get_error(f)) {
455             break;
456         }
457         buf += l;
458         size -= l;
459     }
460 }
461 
462 void qemu_put_byte(QEMUFile *f, int v)
463 {
464     if (f->last_error) {
465         return;
466     }
467 
468     f->buf[f->buf_index] = v;
469     f->bytes_xfer++;
470     add_buf_to_iovec(f, 1);
471 }
472 
473 void qemu_file_skip(QEMUFile *f, int size)
474 {
475     if (f->buf_index + size <= f->buf_size) {
476         f->buf_index += size;
477     }
478 }
479 
480 /*
481  * Read 'size' bytes from file (at 'offset') without moving the
482  * pointer and set 'buf' to point to that data.
483  *
484  * It will return size bytes unless there was an error, in which case it will
485  * return as many as it managed to read (assuming blocking fd's which
486  * all current QEMUFile are)
487  */
488 size_t qemu_peek_buffer(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t **buf, size_t size, size_t offset)
489 {
490     ssize_t pending;
491     size_t index;
492 
493     assert(!qemu_file_is_writable(f));
494     assert(offset < IO_BUF_SIZE);
495     assert(size <= IO_BUF_SIZE - offset);
496 
497     /* The 1st byte to read from */
498     index = f->buf_index + offset;
499     /* The number of available bytes starting at index */
500     pending = f->buf_size - index;
501 
502     /*
503      * qemu_fill_buffer might return just a few bytes, even when there isn't
504      * an error, so loop collecting them until we get enough.
505      */
506     while (pending < size) {
507         int received = qemu_fill_buffer(f);
508 
509         if (received <= 0) {
510             break;
511         }
512 
513         index = f->buf_index + offset;
514         pending = f->buf_size - index;
515     }
516 
517     if (pending <= 0) {
518         return 0;
519     }
520     if (size > pending) {
521         size = pending;
522     }
523 
524     *buf = f->buf + index;
525     return size;
526 }
527 
528 /*
529  * Read 'size' bytes of data from the file into buf.
530  * 'size' can be larger than the internal buffer.
531  *
532  * It will return size bytes unless there was an error, in which case it will
533  * return as many as it managed to read (assuming blocking fd's which
534  * all current QEMUFile are)
535  */
536 size_t qemu_get_buffer(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t *buf, size_t size)
537 {
538     size_t pending = size;
539     size_t done = 0;
540 
541     while (pending > 0) {
542         size_t res;
543         uint8_t *src;
544 
545         res = qemu_peek_buffer(f, &src, MIN(pending, IO_BUF_SIZE), 0);
546         if (res == 0) {
547             return done;
548         }
549         memcpy(buf, src, res);
550         qemu_file_skip(f, res);
551         buf += res;
552         pending -= res;
553         done += res;
554     }
555     return done;
556 }
557 
558 /*
559  * Read 'size' bytes of data from the file.
560  * 'size' can be larger than the internal buffer.
561  *
562  * The data:
563  *   may be held on an internal buffer (in which case *buf is updated
564  *     to point to it) that is valid until the next qemu_file operation.
565  * OR
566  *   will be copied to the *buf that was passed in.
567  *
568  * The code tries to avoid the copy if possible.
569  *
570  * It will return size bytes unless there was an error, in which case it will
571  * return as many as it managed to read (assuming blocking fd's which
572  * all current QEMUFile are)
573  *
574  * Note: Since **buf may get changed, the caller should take care to
575  *       keep a pointer to the original buffer if it needs to deallocate it.
576  */
577 size_t qemu_get_buffer_in_place(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t **buf, size_t size)
578 {
579     if (size < IO_BUF_SIZE) {
580         size_t res;
581         uint8_t *src;
582 
583         res = qemu_peek_buffer(f, &src, size, 0);
584 
585         if (res == size) {
586             qemu_file_skip(f, res);
587             *buf = src;
588             return res;
589         }
590     }
591 
592     return qemu_get_buffer(f, *buf, size);
593 }
594 
595 /*
596  * Peeks a single byte from the buffer; this isn't guaranteed to work if
597  * offset leaves a gap after the previous read/peeked data.
598  */
599 int qemu_peek_byte(QEMUFile *f, int offset)
600 {
601     int index = f->buf_index + offset;
602 
603     assert(!qemu_file_is_writable(f));
604     assert(offset < IO_BUF_SIZE);
605 
606     if (index >= f->buf_size) {
607         qemu_fill_buffer(f);
608         index = f->buf_index + offset;
609         if (index >= f->buf_size) {
610             return 0;
611         }
612     }
613     return f->buf[index];
614 }
615 
616 int qemu_get_byte(QEMUFile *f)
617 {
618     int result;
619 
620     result = qemu_peek_byte(f, 0);
621     qemu_file_skip(f, 1);
622     return result;
623 }
624 
625 int64_t qemu_ftell_fast(QEMUFile *f)
626 {
627     int64_t ret = f->pos;
628     int i;
629 
630     for (i = 0; i < f->iovcnt; i++) {
631         ret += f->iov[i].iov_len;
632     }
633 
634     return ret;
635 }
636 
637 int64_t qemu_ftell(QEMUFile *f)
638 {
639     qemu_fflush(f);
640     return f->pos;
641 }
642 
643 int qemu_file_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f)
644 {
645     if (qemu_file_get_error(f)) {
646         return 1;
647     }
648     if (f->xfer_limit > 0 && f->bytes_xfer > f->xfer_limit) {
649         return 1;
650     }
651     return 0;
652 }
653 
654 int64_t qemu_file_get_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f)
655 {
656     return f->xfer_limit;
657 }
658 
659 void qemu_file_set_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f, int64_t limit)
660 {
661     f->xfer_limit = limit;
662 }
663 
664 void qemu_file_reset_rate_limit(QEMUFile *f)
665 {
666     f->bytes_xfer = 0;
667 }
668 
669 void qemu_file_update_transfer(QEMUFile *f, int64_t len)
670 {
671     f->bytes_xfer += len;
672 }
673 
674 void qemu_put_be16(QEMUFile *f, unsigned int v)
675 {
676     qemu_put_byte(f, v >> 8);
677     qemu_put_byte(f, v);
678 }
679 
680 void qemu_put_be32(QEMUFile *f, unsigned int v)
681 {
682     qemu_put_byte(f, v >> 24);
683     qemu_put_byte(f, v >> 16);
684     qemu_put_byte(f, v >> 8);
685     qemu_put_byte(f, v);
686 }
687 
688 void qemu_put_be64(QEMUFile *f, uint64_t v)
689 {
690     qemu_put_be32(f, v >> 32);
691     qemu_put_be32(f, v);
692 }
693 
694 unsigned int qemu_get_be16(QEMUFile *f)
695 {
696     unsigned int v;
697     v = qemu_get_byte(f) << 8;
698     v |= qemu_get_byte(f);
699     return v;
700 }
701 
702 unsigned int qemu_get_be32(QEMUFile *f)
703 {
704     unsigned int v;
705     v = (unsigned int)qemu_get_byte(f) << 24;
706     v |= qemu_get_byte(f) << 16;
707     v |= qemu_get_byte(f) << 8;
708     v |= qemu_get_byte(f);
709     return v;
710 }
711 
712 uint64_t qemu_get_be64(QEMUFile *f)
713 {
714     uint64_t v;
715     v = (uint64_t)qemu_get_be32(f) << 32;
716     v |= qemu_get_be32(f);
717     return v;
718 }
719 
720 /* return the size after compression, or negative value on error */
721 static int qemu_compress_data(z_stream *stream, uint8_t *dest, size_t dest_len,
722                               const uint8_t *source, size_t source_len)
723 {
724     int err;
725 
726     err = deflateReset(stream);
727     if (err != Z_OK) {
728         return -1;
729     }
730 
731     stream->avail_in = source_len;
732     stream->next_in = (uint8_t *)source;
733     stream->avail_out = dest_len;
734     stream->next_out = dest;
735 
736     err = deflate(stream, Z_FINISH);
737     if (err != Z_STREAM_END) {
738         return -1;
739     }
740 
741     return stream->next_out - dest;
742 }
743 
744 /* Compress size bytes of data start at p and store the compressed
745  * data to the buffer of f.
746  *
747  * When f is not writable, return -1 if f has no space to save the
748  * compressed data.
749  * When f is wirtable and it has no space to save the compressed data,
750  * do fflush first, if f still has no space to save the compressed
751  * data, return -1.
752  */
753 ssize_t qemu_put_compression_data(QEMUFile *f, z_stream *stream,
754                                   const uint8_t *p, size_t size)
755 {
756     ssize_t blen = IO_BUF_SIZE - f->buf_index - sizeof(int32_t);
757 
758     if (blen < compressBound(size)) {
759         if (!qemu_file_is_writable(f)) {
760             return -1;
761         }
762         qemu_fflush(f);
763         blen = IO_BUF_SIZE - sizeof(int32_t);
764         if (blen < compressBound(size)) {
765             return -1;
766         }
767     }
768 
769     blen = qemu_compress_data(stream, f->buf + f->buf_index + sizeof(int32_t),
770                               blen, p, size);
771     if (blen < 0) {
772         return -1;
773     }
774 
775     qemu_put_be32(f, blen);
776     add_buf_to_iovec(f, blen);
777     return blen + sizeof(int32_t);
778 }
779 
780 /* Put the data in the buffer of f_src to the buffer of f_des, and
781  * then reset the buf_index of f_src to 0.
782  */
783 
784 int qemu_put_qemu_file(QEMUFile *f_des, QEMUFile *f_src)
785 {
786     int len = 0;
787 
788     if (f_src->buf_index > 0) {
789         len = f_src->buf_index;
790         qemu_put_buffer(f_des, f_src->buf, f_src->buf_index);
791         f_src->buf_index = 0;
792         f_src->iovcnt = 0;
793     }
794     return len;
795 }
796 
797 /*
798  * Get a string whose length is determined by a single preceding byte
799  * A preallocated 256 byte buffer must be passed in.
800  * Returns: len on success and a 0 terminated string in the buffer
801  *          else 0
802  *          (Note a 0 length string will return 0 either way)
803  */
804 size_t qemu_get_counted_string(QEMUFile *f, char buf[256])
805 {
806     size_t len = qemu_get_byte(f);
807     size_t res = qemu_get_buffer(f, (uint8_t *)buf, len);
808 
809     buf[res] = 0;
810 
811     return res == len ? res : 0;
812 }
813 
814 /*
815  * Put a string with one preceding byte containing its length. The length of
816  * the string should be less than 256.
817  */
818 void qemu_put_counted_string(QEMUFile *f, const char *str)
819 {
820     size_t len = strlen(str);
821 
822     assert(len < 256);
823     qemu_put_byte(f, len);
824     qemu_put_buffer(f, (const uint8_t *)str, len);
825 }
826 
827 /*
828  * Set the blocking state of the QEMUFile.
829  * Note: On some transports the OS only keeps a single blocking state for
830  *       both directions, and thus changing the blocking on the main
831  *       QEMUFile can also affect the return path.
832  */
833 void qemu_file_set_blocking(QEMUFile *f, bool block)
834 {
835     if (f->ops->set_blocking) {
836         f->ops->set_blocking(f->opaque, block, NULL);
837     }
838 }
839