1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/util/iov.c b/util/iov.c
index 6569b5aae1..49f88388f8 100644
--- a/util/iov.c
+++ b/util/iov.c
@@ -335,6 +335,27 @@ void qemu_iovec_concat(QEMUIOVector *dst,
     qemu_iovec_concat_iov(dst, src->iov, src->niov, soffset, sbytes);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check if the contents of the iovecs are all zero
+ */
+bool qemu_iovec_is_zero(QEMUIOVector *qiov)
+{
+    int i;
+    for (i = 0; i < qiov->niov; i++) {
+        size_t offs = QEMU_ALIGN_DOWN(qiov->iov[i].iov_len, 4 * sizeof(long));
+        uint8_t *ptr = qiov->iov[i].iov_base;
+        if (offs && !buffer_is_zero(qiov->iov[i].iov_base, offs)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        for (; offs < qiov->iov[i].iov_len; offs++) {
+            if (ptr[offs]) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 void qemu_iovec_destroy(QEMUIOVector *qiov)
 {
     assert(qiov->nalloc != -1);