From 4af9af784f0dea6619fc8283d91d814e711e88c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2021 14:35:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Serialize CmpValuesMetadata to an empty object to save space
 on State serialize

---
 libafl/src/observers/cmp.rs | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libafl/src/observers/cmp.rs b/libafl/src/observers/cmp.rs
index aba2530e36..11486fe132 100644
--- a/libafl/src/observers/cmp.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/observers/cmp.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use alloc::{
     vec::Vec,
 };
 
-use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Deserialize, Serialize, Serializer};
 
 use crate::{
     bolts::{ownedref::OwnedRefMut, tuples::Named, AsSlice},
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ impl CmpValues {
 }
 
 /// A state metadata holding a list of values logged from comparisons
-#[derive(Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Default, Deserialize)]
 pub struct CmpValuesMetadata {
     /// A `list` of values.
     pub list: Vec<CmpValues>,
@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ pub struct CmpValuesMetadata {
 
 crate::impl_serdeany!(CmpValuesMetadata);
 
+impl Serialize for CmpValuesMetadata {
+    /// Serialzie to an empty object, we don't need to keep it in State after reset
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, se: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        let empty = CmpValuesMetadata::new();
+        empty.serialize(se)
+    }
+}
+
 impl AsSlice<CmpValues> for CmpValuesMetadata {
     /// Convert to a slice
     #[must_use]