Add a function to query whether a memory region is mmap(MAP_SHARED).
This will be used to check that vhost-user memory regions can be shared
with the device backend process in the next patch.
An inline function in "exec/memory.h" would have been nice but RAMBlock
fields are only accessible from memory.c (see "exec/ramblock.h").
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
---
include/exec/memory.h | 11 +++++++++++
softmmu/memory.c | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index c6fb714e49..7b7dbe9fd0 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -2457,6 +2457,17 @@ static inline bool memory_access_is_direct(MemoryRegion *mr, bool is_write)
}
}
+/**
+ * memory_region_is_mapped_shared: check whether a memory region is
+ * mmap(MAP_SHARED)
+ *
+ * Returns %true is a memory region is mmap(MAP_SHARED). This is always false
+ * on memory regions that do not support memory_region_get_ram_ptr().
+ *
+ * @mr: the memory region being queried
+ */
+bool memory_region_is_mapped_shared(MemoryRegion *mr);
+
/**
* address_space_read: read from an address space.
*
diff --git a/softmmu/memory.c b/softmmu/memory.c
index 874a8fccde..e6631e5d4c 100644
--- a/softmmu/memory.c
+++ b/softmmu/memory.c
@@ -1809,6 +1809,12 @@ bool memory_region_is_ram_device(MemoryRegion *mr)
return mr->ram_device;
}
+bool memory_region_is_mapped_shared(MemoryRegion *mr)
+{
+ return memory_access_is_direct(mr, false) &&
+ (mr->ram_block->flags & RAM_SHARED);
+}
+
uint8_t memory_region_get_dirty_log_mask(MemoryRegion *mr)
{
uint8_t mask = mr->dirty_log_mask;
--
2.29.2
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 8:11 PM Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> wrote:
> Add a function to query whether a memory region is mmap(MAP_SHARED).
> This will be used to check that vhost-user memory regions can be shared
> with the device backend process in the next patch.
>
> An inline function in "exec/memory.h" would have been nice but RAMBlock
> fields are only accessible from memory.c (see "exec/ramblock.h").
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> ---
> include/exec/memory.h | 11 +++++++++++
> softmmu/memory.c | 6 ++++++
> 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
> index c6fb714e49..7b7dbe9fd0 100644
> --- a/include/exec/memory.h
> +++ b/include/exec/memory.h
> @@ -2457,6 +2457,17 @@ static inline bool
> memory_access_is_direct(MemoryRegion *mr, bool is_write)
> }
> }
>
> +/**
> + * memory_region_is_mapped_shared: check whether a memory region is
> + * mmap(MAP_SHARED)
> + *
> + * Returns %true is a memory region is mmap(MAP_SHARED). This is always
> false
> + * on memory regions that do not support memory_region_get_ram_ptr().
> + *
> + * @mr: the memory region being queried
> + */
> +bool memory_region_is_mapped_shared(MemoryRegion *mr);
> +
> /**
> * address_space_read: read from an address space.
> *
> diff --git a/softmmu/memory.c b/softmmu/memory.c
> index 874a8fccde..e6631e5d4c 100644
> --- a/softmmu/memory.c
> +++ b/softmmu/memory.c
> @@ -1809,6 +1809,12 @@ bool memory_region_is_ram_device(MemoryRegion *mr)
> return mr->ram_device;
> }
>
> +bool memory_region_is_mapped_shared(MemoryRegion *mr)
> +{
> + return memory_access_is_direct(mr, false) &&
>
memory_access_is_direct is a bit special, it treats ram-device differently
from rom-device since commit 4a2e242bbb306 ("memory: Don't use memcpy for
ram_device regions").
I don't think it's an issue for now, but I wonder if in the future we will
share ram-device as well.
Where did you get the idea to use that function? I suppose that's also the
one we use somewhere else in the code path sharing the VM memory.
+ (mr->ram_block->flags & RAM_SHARED);
> +}
> +
> uint8_t memory_region_get_dirty_log_mask(MemoryRegion *mr)
> {
> uint8_t mask = mr->dirty_log_mask;
> --
> 2.29.2
>
>
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 02:33:32PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 8:11 PM Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > Add a function to query whether a memory region is mmap(MAP_SHARED).
> > This will be used to check that vhost-user memory regions can be shared
> > with the device backend process in the next patch.
> >
> > An inline function in "exec/memory.h" would have been nice but RAMBlock
> > fields are only accessible from memory.c (see "exec/ramblock.h").
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> > ---
> > include/exec/memory.h | 11 +++++++++++
> > softmmu/memory.c | 6 ++++++
> > 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
> > index c6fb714e49..7b7dbe9fd0 100644
> > --- a/include/exec/memory.h
> > +++ b/include/exec/memory.h
> > @@ -2457,6 +2457,17 @@ static inline bool
> > memory_access_is_direct(MemoryRegion *mr, bool is_write)
> > }
> > }
> >
> > +/**
> > + * memory_region_is_mapped_shared: check whether a memory region is
> > + * mmap(MAP_SHARED)
> > + *
> > + * Returns %true is a memory region is mmap(MAP_SHARED). This is always
> > false
> > + * on memory regions that do not support memory_region_get_ram_ptr().
> > + *
> > + * @mr: the memory region being queried
> > + */
> > +bool memory_region_is_mapped_shared(MemoryRegion *mr);
> > +
> > /**
> > * address_space_read: read from an address space.
> > *
> > diff --git a/softmmu/memory.c b/softmmu/memory.c
> > index 874a8fccde..e6631e5d4c 100644
> > --- a/softmmu/memory.c
> > +++ b/softmmu/memory.c
> > @@ -1809,6 +1809,12 @@ bool memory_region_is_ram_device(MemoryRegion *mr)
> > return mr->ram_device;
> > }
> >
> > +bool memory_region_is_mapped_shared(MemoryRegion *mr)
> > +{
> > + return memory_access_is_direct(mr, false) &&
> >
>
> memory_access_is_direct is a bit special, it treats ram-device differently
> from rom-device since commit 4a2e242bbb306 ("memory: Don't use memcpy for
> ram_device regions").
>
> I don't think it's an issue for now, but I wonder if in the future we will
> share ram-device as well.
>
> Where did you get the idea to use that function? I suppose that's also the
> one we use somewhere else in the code path sharing the VM memory.
It's used right before qemu_map_ram_ptr() in address_space_read() and
seems like the most comprehensive way to check if a MemoryRegion is
accessed via memory loads/stores.
Do you prefer just memory_region_is_ram()? Or something more complicated
to also allow romd?
Stefan
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