[xen staging] libs/guest: Drop guest_data in write_batch() and fill iov directly

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commit fdeba9d55fe49a49ff11afafe283dcb6612521ec
Author:     Frediano Ziglio <freddy77@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu Jul 9 08:43:54 2026 +0100
Commit:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri Jul 10 19:35:49 2026 +0100

    libs/guest: Drop guest_data in write_batch() and fill iov directly
    
    There is no need to store the page pointers simply to transcribe the same
    information into iov later.  Drop the guest_data intermediate array.
    
    These days, linux has a maximum limit of 1024 iovs.  Libc under the hood 
will
    subdivide the submission if necessary, which is why our general case of 1026
    submissions works.
    
    xenforeignmemory_map() maps the requested guest memory contiguously, and
    except for PV pagetable frames, we submit contiguously into the stream.  
When
    safe to do, merge adjacent vectors by extending iov_len, reducing the
    likelihood that libc needs to subdivide the submission.
    
    Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/libs/guest/xg_sr_save.c | 33 +++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/libs/guest/xg_sr_save.c b/tools/libs/guest/xg_sr_save.c
index a6734579aa..84fdbe4140 100644
--- a/tools/libs/guest/xg_sr_save.c
+++ b/tools/libs/guest/xg_sr_save.c
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ static int write_batch(struct xc_sr_context *ctx)
     xc_interface *xch = ctx->xch;
     xen_pfn_t *mfns = NULL, *types = NULL;
     void *guest_mapping = NULL;
-    void **guest_data = NULL;
     void **local_pages = NULL;
     int *errors = NULL, rc = -1;
     unsigned int i, p, nr_pages = 0, nr_pages_mapped = 0;
@@ -118,8 +117,6 @@ static int write_batch(struct xc_sr_context *ctx)
     types = malloc(nr_pfns * sizeof(*types));
     /* Errors from attempting to map the gfns. */
     errors = malloc(nr_pfns * sizeof(*errors));
-    /* Pointers to page data to send.  Mapped gfns or local allocations. */
-    guest_data = calloc(nr_pfns, sizeof(*guest_data));
     /* Pointers to locally allocated pages.  Need freeing. */
     local_pages = calloc(nr_pfns, sizeof(*local_pages));
     /* iovec[] for writev(). */
@@ -127,7 +124,7 @@ static int write_batch(struct xc_sr_context *ctx)
     /* page_data record PFNs list */
     rec_pfns = malloc(nr_pfns * sizeof(*rec_pfns));
 
-    if ( !mfns || !types || !errors || !guest_data || !local_pages || !iov || 
!rec_pfns )
+    if ( !mfns || !types || !errors || !local_pages || !iov || !rec_pfns )
     {
         ERROR("Unable to allocate arrays for a batch of %u pages",
               nr_pfns);
@@ -218,8 +215,17 @@ static int write_batch(struct xc_sr_context *ctx)
                 else
                     goto err;
             }
+            else if ( iov[iovcnt - 1].iov_base + iov[iovcnt - 1].iov_len !=
+                      page )
+            {
+                iov[iovcnt].iov_base = page;
+                iov[iovcnt].iov_len = PAGE_SIZE;
+                iovcnt++;
+            }
             else
-                guest_data[i] = page;
+            {
+                iov[iovcnt - 1].iov_len += PAGE_SIZE;
+            }
 
             rc = -1;
             ++p;
@@ -231,28 +237,12 @@ static int write_batch(struct xc_sr_context *ctx)
     for ( i = 0; i < nr_pfns; ++i )
         rec_pfns[i] = ((uint64_t)(types[i]) << 32) | ctx->save.batch_pfns[i];
 
-    if ( nr_pages )
-    {
-        for ( i = 0; i < nr_pfns; ++i )
-        {
-            if ( guest_data[i] )
-            {
-                iov[iovcnt].iov_base = guest_data[i];
-                iov[iovcnt].iov_len = PAGE_SIZE;
-                iovcnt++;
-                --nr_pages;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     if ( writev_exact(ctx->fd, iov, iovcnt) )
     {
         PERROR("Failed to write page data to stream");
         goto err;
     }
 
-    /* Sanity check we have sent all the pages we expected to. */
-    assert(nr_pages == 0);
     rc = ctx->save.nr_batch_pfns = 0;
 
  err:
@@ -263,7 +253,6 @@ static int write_batch(struct xc_sr_context *ctx)
     free(rec_pfns);
     free(iov);
     free(local_pages);
-    free(guest_data);
     free(errors);
     free(types);
     free(mfns);
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