diff --git a/src/common/serialization.h b/src/common/serialization.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63c112021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/serialization.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 shadPS4 Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cereal/archives/binary.hpp>
+#include <boost/container/small_vector.hpp>
+#include <common/types.h>
+
+namespace cereal {
+
+// boost::small_vector
+template<class Archive, class T, std::size_t N, class Alloc>
+void save(Archive& ar, boost::container::small_vector<T, N, Alloc> const& smallVector) {
+    ar(make_size_tag(static_cast<u32>(smallVector.size())));
+    for (auto const& element : smallVector)
+        ar(element);
+}
+
+template<class Archive, class T, std::size_t N, class Alloc>
+void load(Archive& ar, boost::container::small_vector<T, N, Alloc>& smallVector) {
+    u32 elementCount;
+    ar(make_size_tag(elementCount));
+    smallVector.resize(elementCount);
+    for (auto& element : smallVector)
+        ar(element);
+}
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/shader_cache.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/shader_cache.cpp
index 607c2de54..e4f14d699 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/shader_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/shader_cache.cpp
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ bool CheckShaderCache(std::string shader_id) {
 }
 
 void GetShader(std::string shader_id, Shader::Info& info, std::vector<u32>& spv) {
-    // read spirv
     std::filesystem::path spirv_cache_filename = shader_id + ".spv";
     std::filesystem::path spirv_cache_file_path = SHADER_CACHE_DIR / spirv_cache_filename;
     Common::FS::IOFile spirv_cache_file(spirv_cache_file_path, Common::FS::FileAccessMode::Read);
@@ -289,7 +288,6 @@ void GetShader(std::string shader_id, Shader::Info& info, std::vector<u32>& spv)
     spirv_cache_file.Read(spv);
     spirv_cache_file.Close();
 
-    // read resources
     std::filesystem::path resource_dump_filename = shader_id + ".resources";
     std::filesystem::path resources_dump_file_path = SHADER_CACHE_DIR / resource_dump_filename;
     Common::FS::IOFile resources_dump_file(resources_dump_file_path,