migration/vmstate: fix array of ptr with nullptrs

Make VMS_ARRAY_OF_POINTER cope with null pointers. Previously the
reward for trying to migrate an array with some null pointers in it was
an illegal memory access, that is a swift and painless death of the
process.  Let's make vmstate cope with this scenario.

The general approach is, when we encounter a null pointer (element),
instead of following the pointer to save/load the data behind it, we
save/load a placeholder. This way we can detect if we expected a null
pointer at the load side but not null data was saved instead.

Signed-off-by: Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Guenther Hutzl <hutzl@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20170222160119.52771-4-pasic@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>

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