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[for-4.1?,2/2] vmstate.h: Type check VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY macros

Message ID 20190725163710.11703-3-peter.maydell@linaro.org (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Typecheck VMSTATE VARRAY macros and fix bug found | expand

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Peter Maydell July 25, 2019, 4:37 p.m. UTC
The VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_UINT32 macro is intended to handle
migrating a field which is an array of structs, but where instead of
migrating the entire array we only migrate a variable number of
elements of it.

The VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_POINTER_UINT32 macro is intended to handle
migrating a field which is of pointer type, and points to a
dynamically allocated array of structs of variable size.

We weren't actually checking that the field passed to
VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_UINT32 really is an array, with the result that
accidentally using it where the _POINTER_ macro was intended would
compile but silently corrupt memory on migration.

Add type-checking that enforces that the field passed in is
really of the right array type. This applies to all the VMSTATE
macros which use flags including VMS_VARRAY_* but not VMS_POINTER.

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
---
 include/migration/vmstate.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Comments

Dr. David Alan Gilbert July 25, 2019, 5:27 p.m. UTC | #1
* Peter Maydell (peter.maydell@linaro.org) wrote:
> The VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_UINT32 macro is intended to handle
> migrating a field which is an array of structs, but where instead of
> migrating the entire array we only migrate a variable number of
> elements of it.
> 
> The VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_POINTER_UINT32 macro is intended to handle
> migrating a field which is of pointer type, and points to a
> dynamically allocated array of structs of variable size.
> 
> We weren't actually checking that the field passed to
> VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_UINT32 really is an array, with the result that
> accidentally using it where the _POINTER_ macro was intended would
> compile but silently corrupt memory on migration.
> 
> Add type-checking that enforces that the field passed in is
> really of the right array type. This applies to all the VMSTATE
> macros which use flags including VMS_VARRAY_* but not VMS_POINTER.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

> ---
>  include/migration/vmstate.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/migration/vmstate.h b/include/migration/vmstate.h
> index ca68584eba4..2df333c3612 100644
> --- a/include/migration/vmstate.h
> +++ b/include/migration/vmstate.h
> @@ -227,8 +227,19 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_bitmap;
>  extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
>  
>  #define type_check_2darray(t1,t2,n,m) ((t1(*)[n][m])0 - (t2*)0)
> +/* Check that t2 is an array of t1 of size n */
>  #define type_check_array(t1,t2,n) ((t1(*)[n])0 - (t2*)0)

I'd have to admit I don't understand why that does what you say;
I'd expected something to index a t2 pointer with [n].

However, for the rest of it, from migration I'm happy:

Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>

given it's just fixing an ARM bug, and given it'll blow up straight away
I think it's OK for 4.1; the only risk is if we find a compiler we don't
like.


>  #define type_check_pointer(t1,t2) ((t1**)0 - (t2*)0)
> +/*
> + * type of element 0 of the specified (array) field of the type.
> + * Note that if the field is a pointer then this will return the
> + * pointed-to type rather than complaining.
> + */
> +#define typeof_elt_of_field(type, field) typeof(((type *)0)->field[0])
> +/* Check that field f in struct type t2 is an array of t1, of any size */
> +#define type_check_varray(t1, t2, f)                                 \
> +    (type_check(t1, typeof_elt_of_field(t2, f))                      \
> +     + QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(!QEMU_IS_ARRAY(((t2 *)0)->f)))
>  
>  #define vmstate_offset_value(_state, _field, _type)                  \
>      (offsetof(_state, _field) +                                      \
> @@ -253,6 +264,10 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
>      vmstate_offset_array(_state, _field, uint8_t,                    \
>                           sizeof(typeof_field(_state, _field)))
>  
> +#define vmstate_offset_varray(_state, _field, _type)                 \
> +    (offsetof(_state, _field) +                                      \
> +     type_check_varray(_type, _state, _field))
> +
>  /* In the macros below, if there is a _version, that means the macro's
>   * field will be processed only if the version being received is >=
>   * the _version specified.  In general, if you add a new field, you
> @@ -347,7 +362,7 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
>      .info       = &(_info),                                          \
>      .size       = sizeof(_type),                                     \
>      .flags      = VMS_VARRAY_UINT32|VMS_MULTIPLY_ELEMENTS,           \
> -    .offset     = offsetof(_state, _field),                          \
> +    .offset     = vmstate_offset_varray(_state, _field, _type),      \
>  }
>  
>  #define VMSTATE_ARRAY_TEST(_field, _state, _num, _test, _info, _type) {\
> @@ -376,7 +391,7 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
>      .info       = &(_info),                                          \
>      .size       = sizeof(_type),                                     \
>      .flags      = VMS_VARRAY_INT32,                                  \
> -    .offset     = offsetof(_state, _field),                          \
> +    .offset     = vmstate_offset_varray(_state, _field, _type),      \
>  }
>  
>  #define VMSTATE_VARRAY_INT32(_field, _state, _field_num, _version, _info, _type) {\
> @@ -416,7 +431,7 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
>      .info       = &(_info),                                          \
>      .size       = sizeof(_type),                                     \
>      .flags      = VMS_VARRAY_UINT16,                                 \
> -    .offset     = offsetof(_state, _field),                          \
> +    .offset     = vmstate_offset_varray(_state, _field, _type),      \
>  }
>  
>  #define VMSTATE_VSTRUCT_TEST(_field, _state, _test, _version, _vmsd, _type, _struct_version) { \
> @@ -520,7 +535,7 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
>      .vmsd       = &(_vmsd),                                          \
>      .size       = sizeof(_type),                                     \
>      .flags      = VMS_STRUCT|VMS_VARRAY_UINT8,                       \
> -    .offset     = offsetof(_state, _field),                          \
> +    .offset     = vmstate_offset_varray(_state, _field, _type),      \
>  }
>  
>  /* a variable length array (i.e. _type *_field) but we know the
> @@ -573,7 +588,7 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
>      .vmsd       = &(_vmsd),                                          \
>      .size       = sizeof(_type),                                     \
>      .flags      = VMS_STRUCT|VMS_VARRAY_INT32,                       \
> -    .offset     = offsetof(_state, _field),                          \
> +    .offset     = vmstate_offset_varray(_state, _field, _type),      \
>  }
>  
>  #define VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_UINT32(_field, _state, _field_num, _version, _vmsd, _type) { \
> @@ -583,7 +598,7 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
>      .vmsd       = &(_vmsd),                                          \
>      .size       = sizeof(_type),                                     \
>      .flags      = VMS_STRUCT|VMS_VARRAY_UINT32,                      \
> -    .offset     = offsetof(_state, _field),                          \
> +    .offset     = vmstate_offset_varray(_state, _field, _type),      \
>  }
>  
>  #define VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_ALLOC(_field, _state, _field_num, _version, _vmsd, _type) {\
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 
--
Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK
Peter Maydell July 25, 2019, 5:57 p.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 18:27, Dr. David Alan Gilbert
<dgilbert@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> * Peter Maydell (peter.maydell@linaro.org) wrote:
> > The VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_UINT32 macro is intended to handle
> > migrating a field which is an array of structs, but where instead of
> > migrating the entire array we only migrate a variable number of
> > elements of it.
> >
> > The VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_POINTER_UINT32 macro is intended to handle
> > migrating a field which is of pointer type, and points to a
> > dynamically allocated array of structs of variable size.
> >
> > We weren't actually checking that the field passed to
> > VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_UINT32 really is an array, with the result that
> > accidentally using it where the _POINTER_ macro was intended would
> > compile but silently corrupt memory on migration.
> >
> > Add type-checking that enforces that the field passed in is
> > really of the right array type. This applies to all the VMSTATE
> > macros which use flags including VMS_VARRAY_* but not VMS_POINTER.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
>
> > ---
> >  include/migration/vmstate.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
> >  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/migration/vmstate.h b/include/migration/vmstate.h
> > index ca68584eba4..2df333c3612 100644
> > --- a/include/migration/vmstate.h
> > +++ b/include/migration/vmstate.h
> > @@ -227,8 +227,19 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_bitmap;
> >  extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
> >
> >  #define type_check_2darray(t1,t2,n,m) ((t1(*)[n][m])0 - (t2*)0)
> > +/* Check that t2 is an array of t1 of size n */
> >  #define type_check_array(t1,t2,n) ((t1(*)[n])0 - (t2*)0)
>
> I'd have to admit I don't understand why that does what you say;
> I'd expected something to index a t2 pointer with [n].

Note that this is just a comment describing what the existing
macro does, as a way to distinguish its job from that of the
new macro I'm adding.

What happens here is that t2 is a type like "foo [32]", ie
it is an array type already. t1 is the base 'foo' type; so the macro
is checking that t1[n] matches t2, where n is passed in to us
and must match the declared array size of the field (32 in
my example). (In C the size of the array is carried around as
part of its type, and must match on both sides of the expression;
so if you pass in the name of an array field that's the wrong size the
type check will fail, which is what we want.)

> However, for the rest of it, from migration I'm happy:
>
> Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
>
> given it's just fixing an ARM bug, and given it'll blow up straight away
> I think it's OK for 4.1; the only risk is if we find a compiler we don't
> like.

thanks
-- PMM
Dr. David Alan Gilbert July 25, 2019, 6 p.m. UTC | #3
* Peter Maydell (peter.maydell@linaro.org) wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 18:27, Dr. David Alan Gilbert
> <dgilbert@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > * Peter Maydell (peter.maydell@linaro.org) wrote:
> > > The VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_UINT32 macro is intended to handle
> > > migrating a field which is an array of structs, but where instead of
> > > migrating the entire array we only migrate a variable number of
> > > elements of it.
> > >
> > > The VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_POINTER_UINT32 macro is intended to handle
> > > migrating a field which is of pointer type, and points to a
> > > dynamically allocated array of structs of variable size.
> > >
> > > We weren't actually checking that the field passed to
> > > VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_UINT32 really is an array, with the result that
> > > accidentally using it where the _POINTER_ macro was intended would
> > > compile but silently corrupt memory on migration.
> > >
> > > Add type-checking that enforces that the field passed in is
> > > really of the right array type. This applies to all the VMSTATE
> > > macros which use flags including VMS_VARRAY_* but not VMS_POINTER.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
> >
> > > ---
> > >  include/migration/vmstate.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
> > >  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/include/migration/vmstate.h b/include/migration/vmstate.h
> > > index ca68584eba4..2df333c3612 100644
> > > --- a/include/migration/vmstate.h
> > > +++ b/include/migration/vmstate.h
> > > @@ -227,8 +227,19 @@ extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_bitmap;
> > >  extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
> > >
> > >  #define type_check_2darray(t1,t2,n,m) ((t1(*)[n][m])0 - (t2*)0)
> > > +/* Check that t2 is an array of t1 of size n */
> > >  #define type_check_array(t1,t2,n) ((t1(*)[n])0 - (t2*)0)
> >
> > I'd have to admit I don't understand why that does what you say;
> > I'd expected something to index a t2 pointer with [n].
> 
> Note that this is just a comment describing what the existing
> macro does, as a way to distinguish its job from that of the
> new macro I'm adding.
> 
> What happens here is that t2 is a type like "foo [32]", ie
> it is an array type already. t1 is the base 'foo' type; so the macro
> is checking that t1[n] matches t2, where n is passed in to us
> and must match the declared array size of the field (32 in
> my example). (In C the size of the array is carried around as
> part of its type, and must match on both sides of the expression;
> so if you pass in the name of an array field that's the wrong size the
> type check will fail, which is what we want.)

Ah, OK that makes sense; what it really needs is that example to make
me realise that t2 was already the array.

Dave

> > However, for the rest of it, from migration I'm happy:
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
> >
> > given it's just fixing an ARM bug, and given it'll blow up straight away
> > I think it's OK for 4.1; the only risk is if we find a compiler we don't
> > like.
> 
> thanks
> -- PMM
--
Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK
Damien Hedde July 26, 2019, 9:12 a.m. UTC | #4
On 7/25/19 7:27 PM, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> * Peter Maydell (peter.maydell@linaro.org) wrote:
>> The VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_UINT32 macro is intended to handle
>> migrating a field which is an array of structs, but where instead of
>> migrating the entire array we only migrate a variable number of
>> elements of it.
>>
>> The VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_POINTER_UINT32 macro is intended to handle
>> migrating a field which is of pointer type, and points to a
>> dynamically allocated array of structs of variable size.
>>
>> We weren't actually checking that the field passed to
>> VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_UINT32 really is an array, with the result that
>> accidentally using it where the _POINTER_ macro was intended would
>> compile but silently corrupt memory on migration.
>>
>> Add type-checking that enforces that the field passed in is
>> really of the right array type. This applies to all the VMSTATE
>> macros which use flags including VMS_VARRAY_* but not VMS_POINTER.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
> 
> However, for the rest of it, from migration I'm happy:
> Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
> 

Reviewed-by: Damien Hedde <damien.hedde@greensocs.com>
Tested-by: Damien Hedde <damien.hedde@greensocs.com>

Damien
Peter Maydell July 26, 2019, 9:24 a.m. UTC | #5
On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 19:00, Dr. David Alan Gilbert
<dgilbert@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> * Peter Maydell (peter.maydell@linaro.org) wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 18:27, Dr. David Alan Gilbert
> > <dgilbert@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > * Peter Maydell (peter.maydell@linaro.org) wrote:
> > > >  #define type_check_2darray(t1,t2,n,m) ((t1(*)[n][m])0 - (t2*)0)
> > > > +/* Check that t2 is an array of t1 of size n */
> > > >  #define type_check_array(t1,t2,n) ((t1(*)[n])0 - (t2*)0)
> > >
> > > I'd have to admit I don't understand why that does what you say;
> > > I'd expected something to index a t2 pointer with [n].
> >
> > Note that this is just a comment describing what the existing
> > macro does, as a way to distinguish its job from that of the
> > new macro I'm adding.
> >
> > What happens here is that t2 is a type like "foo [32]", ie
> > it is an array type already. t1 is the base 'foo' type; so the macro
> > is checking that t1[n] matches t2, where n is passed in to us
> > and must match the declared array size of the field (32 in
> > my example). (In C the size of the array is carried around as
> > part of its type, and must match on both sides of the expression;
> > so if you pass in the name of an array field that's the wrong size the
> > type check will fail, which is what we want.)
>
> Ah, OK that makes sense; what it really needs is that example to make
> me realise that t2 was already the array.

Would

/*
 * Check that type t2 is an array of type t1 of size n,
 * eg if t1 is 'foo' and n is 32 then t2 must be 'foo[32]'
 */

be clearer ?

thanks
-- PMM
Dr. David Alan Gilbert July 26, 2019, 9:32 a.m. UTC | #6
* Peter Maydell (peter.maydell@linaro.org) wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 19:00, Dr. David Alan Gilbert
> <dgilbert@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > * Peter Maydell (peter.maydell@linaro.org) wrote:
> > > On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 18:27, Dr. David Alan Gilbert
> > > <dgilbert@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > * Peter Maydell (peter.maydell@linaro.org) wrote:
> > > > >  #define type_check_2darray(t1,t2,n,m) ((t1(*)[n][m])0 - (t2*)0)
> > > > > +/* Check that t2 is an array of t1 of size n */
> > > > >  #define type_check_array(t1,t2,n) ((t1(*)[n])0 - (t2*)0)
> > > >
> > > > I'd have to admit I don't understand why that does what you say;
> > > > I'd expected something to index a t2 pointer with [n].
> > >
> > > Note that this is just a comment describing what the existing
> > > macro does, as a way to distinguish its job from that of the
> > > new macro I'm adding.
> > >
> > > What happens here is that t2 is a type like "foo [32]", ie
> > > it is an array type already. t1 is the base 'foo' type; so the macro
> > > is checking that t1[n] matches t2, where n is passed in to us
> > > and must match the declared array size of the field (32 in
> > > my example). (In C the size of the array is carried around as
> > > part of its type, and must match on both sides of the expression;
> > > so if you pass in the name of an array field that's the wrong size the
> > > type check will fail, which is what we want.)
> >
> > Ah, OK that makes sense; what it really needs is that example to make
> > me realise that t2 was already the array.
> 
> Would
> 
> /*
>  * Check that type t2 is an array of type t1 of size n,
>  * eg if t1 is 'foo' and n is 32 then t2 must be 'foo[32]'
>  */
> 
> be clearer ?

Yep.

Dave

> thanks
> -- PMM
--
Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK
Peter Maydell July 26, 2019, 9:33 a.m. UTC | #7
On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 at 10:32, Dr. David Alan Gilbert
<dgilbert@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> * Peter Maydell (peter.maydell@linaro.org) wrote:
> > Would
> >
> > /*
> >  * Check that type t2 is an array of type t1 of size n,
> >  * eg if t1 is 'foo' and n is 32 then t2 must be 'foo[32]'
> >  */
> >
> > be clearer ?
>
> Yep.

OK, I'll fold that in. Are you happy for me to take this
via the target-arm tree for 4.1, given the two dependent
patches are both for arm devices?

thanks
-- PMM
Dr. David Alan Gilbert July 26, 2019, 9:34 a.m. UTC | #8
* Peter Maydell (peter.maydell@linaro.org) wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 at 10:32, Dr. David Alan Gilbert
> <dgilbert@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > * Peter Maydell (peter.maydell@linaro.org) wrote:
> > > Would
> > >
> > > /*
> > >  * Check that type t2 is an array of type t1 of size n,
> > >  * eg if t1 is 'foo' and n is 32 then t2 must be 'foo[32]'
> > >  */
> > >
> > > be clearer ?
> >
> > Yep.
> 
> OK, I'll fold that in. Are you happy for me to take this
> via the target-arm tree for 4.1, given the two dependent
> patches are both for arm devices?

Yep

> thanks
> -- PMM
--
Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK
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Patch

diff --git a/include/migration/vmstate.h b/include/migration/vmstate.h
index ca68584eba4..2df333c3612 100644
--- a/include/migration/vmstate.h
+++ b/include/migration/vmstate.h
@@ -227,8 +227,19 @@  extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_bitmap;
 extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
 
 #define type_check_2darray(t1,t2,n,m) ((t1(*)[n][m])0 - (t2*)0)
+/* Check that t2 is an array of t1 of size n */
 #define type_check_array(t1,t2,n) ((t1(*)[n])0 - (t2*)0)
 #define type_check_pointer(t1,t2) ((t1**)0 - (t2*)0)
+/*
+ * type of element 0 of the specified (array) field of the type.
+ * Note that if the field is a pointer then this will return the
+ * pointed-to type rather than complaining.
+ */
+#define typeof_elt_of_field(type, field) typeof(((type *)0)->field[0])
+/* Check that field f in struct type t2 is an array of t1, of any size */
+#define type_check_varray(t1, t2, f)                                 \
+    (type_check(t1, typeof_elt_of_field(t2, f))                      \
+     + QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(!QEMU_IS_ARRAY(((t2 *)0)->f)))
 
 #define vmstate_offset_value(_state, _field, _type)                  \
     (offsetof(_state, _field) +                                      \
@@ -253,6 +264,10 @@  extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
     vmstate_offset_array(_state, _field, uint8_t,                    \
                          sizeof(typeof_field(_state, _field)))
 
+#define vmstate_offset_varray(_state, _field, _type)                 \
+    (offsetof(_state, _field) +                                      \
+     type_check_varray(_type, _state, _field))
+
 /* In the macros below, if there is a _version, that means the macro's
  * field will be processed only if the version being received is >=
  * the _version specified.  In general, if you add a new field, you
@@ -347,7 +362,7 @@  extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
     .info       = &(_info),                                          \
     .size       = sizeof(_type),                                     \
     .flags      = VMS_VARRAY_UINT32|VMS_MULTIPLY_ELEMENTS,           \
-    .offset     = offsetof(_state, _field),                          \
+    .offset     = vmstate_offset_varray(_state, _field, _type),      \
 }
 
 #define VMSTATE_ARRAY_TEST(_field, _state, _num, _test, _info, _type) {\
@@ -376,7 +391,7 @@  extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
     .info       = &(_info),                                          \
     .size       = sizeof(_type),                                     \
     .flags      = VMS_VARRAY_INT32,                                  \
-    .offset     = offsetof(_state, _field),                          \
+    .offset     = vmstate_offset_varray(_state, _field, _type),      \
 }
 
 #define VMSTATE_VARRAY_INT32(_field, _state, _field_num, _version, _info, _type) {\
@@ -416,7 +431,7 @@  extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
     .info       = &(_info),                                          \
     .size       = sizeof(_type),                                     \
     .flags      = VMS_VARRAY_UINT16,                                 \
-    .offset     = offsetof(_state, _field),                          \
+    .offset     = vmstate_offset_varray(_state, _field, _type),      \
 }
 
 #define VMSTATE_VSTRUCT_TEST(_field, _state, _test, _version, _vmsd, _type, _struct_version) { \
@@ -520,7 +535,7 @@  extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
     .vmsd       = &(_vmsd),                                          \
     .size       = sizeof(_type),                                     \
     .flags      = VMS_STRUCT|VMS_VARRAY_UINT8,                       \
-    .offset     = offsetof(_state, _field),                          \
+    .offset     = vmstate_offset_varray(_state, _field, _type),      \
 }
 
 /* a variable length array (i.e. _type *_field) but we know the
@@ -573,7 +588,7 @@  extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
     .vmsd       = &(_vmsd),                                          \
     .size       = sizeof(_type),                                     \
     .flags      = VMS_STRUCT|VMS_VARRAY_INT32,                       \
-    .offset     = offsetof(_state, _field),                          \
+    .offset     = vmstate_offset_varray(_state, _field, _type),      \
 }
 
 #define VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_UINT32(_field, _state, _field_num, _version, _vmsd, _type) { \
@@ -583,7 +598,7 @@  extern const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_qtailq;
     .vmsd       = &(_vmsd),                                          \
     .size       = sizeof(_type),                                     \
     .flags      = VMS_STRUCT|VMS_VARRAY_UINT32,                      \
-    .offset     = offsetof(_state, _field),                          \
+    .offset     = vmstate_offset_varray(_state, _field, _type),      \
 }
 
 #define VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_ALLOC(_field, _state, _field_num, _version, _vmsd, _type) {\