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Tsirkin" , Ani Sinha , Xiao Guangrong , Daniel Henrique Barboza , Greg Kurz , Eric Blake , Markus Armbruster , Eduardo Habkost Subject: [PATCH v3 08/11] docs: Don't mention "-mem-path" in multi-process.rst Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:34:08 +0200 Message-ID: <20230823153412.832081-9-david@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20230823153412.832081-1-david@redhat.com> References: <20230823153412.832081-1-david@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.3 Received-SPF: pass (zohomail.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.51.188.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=david@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @redhat.com) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1692805062872100003 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" "-mem-path" corresponds to "memory-backend-file,share=3Doff" and, therefore, creates a private COW mapping of the file. For multi-proces QEMU, we need proper shared file-backed memory. Let's make that clearer. Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand --- docs/devel/multi-process.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/devel/multi-process.rst b/docs/devel/multi-process.rst index e4801751f2..4ef539c0b0 100644 --- a/docs/devel/multi-process.rst +++ b/docs/devel/multi-process.rst @@ -409,8 +409,9 @@ the initial messages sent to the emulation process is a= guest memory table. Each entry in this table consists of a file descriptor and size that the emulation process can ``mmap()`` to directly access guest memory, similar to ``vhost_user_set_mem_table()``. Note guest memory -must be backed by file descriptors, such as when QEMU is given the -*-mem-path* command line option. +must be backed by shared file-backed memory, for example, using +*-object memory-backend-file,share=3Don* and setting that memory backend +as RAM for the machine. =20 IOMMU operations ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --=20 2.41.0