Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] target/ppc/kvm: Avoid using alloca()

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On 9/1/25 18:56, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
kvmppc_load_htab_chunk() is used for migration, thus is not
a hot path. Use the heap instead of the stack, removing the
alloca() call.

Reported-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
  target/ppc/kvm.c | 3 +--
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm.c b/target/ppc/kvm.c
index d145774b09a..937b9ee986d 100644
--- a/target/ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target/ppc/kvm.c
@@ -2760,11 +2760,10 @@ int kvmppc_save_htab(QEMUFile *f, int fd, size_t bufsize, int64_t max_ns)
  int kvmppc_load_htab_chunk(QEMUFile *f, int fd, uint32_t index,
                             uint16_t n_valid, uint16_t n_invalid, Error **errp)
  {
-    struct kvm_get_htab_header *buf;
      size_t chunksize = sizeof(*buf) + n_valid * HASH_PTE_SIZE_64;
+    g_autofree struct kvm_get_htab_header *buf = g_malloc(chunksize);
      ssize_t rc;
- buf = alloca(chunksize);
      buf->index = index;
      buf->n_valid = n_valid;
      buf->n_invalid = n_invalid;

Reviewed-by: Harsh Prateek Bora <harshpb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>




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