4 files changed, 39 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/backends/hostmem-file.c b/backends/hostmem-file.c
index be64020746..c8c355f5aa 100644
--- a/backends/hostmem-file.c
+++ b/backends/hostmem-file.c
@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
 
-/* hostmem-file.c */
-/**
- * @TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND_FILE:
- * name of backend that uses mmap on a file descriptor
- */
-#define TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND_FILE "memory-backend-file"
-
 #define MEMORY_BACKEND_FILE(obj) \
     OBJECT_CHECK(HostMemoryBackendFile, (obj), TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND_FILE)
 
@@ -58,7 +51,6 @@ file_backend_memory_alloc(HostMemoryBackend *backend, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
-    backend->force_prealloc = mem_prealloc;
     name = host_memory_backend_get_name(backend);
     memory_region_init_ram_from_file(&backend->mr, OBJECT(backend),
                                      name,
diff --git a/backends/hostmem-memfd.c b/backends/hostmem-memfd.c
index 26070b425e..74ba9879c4 100644
--- a/backends/hostmem-memfd.c
+++ b/backends/hostmem-memfd.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ memfd_backend_memory_alloc(HostMemoryBackend *backend, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
-    backend->force_prealloc = mem_prealloc;
     fd = qemu_memfd_create(TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND_MEMFD, backend->size,
                            m->hugetlb, m->hugetlbsize, m->seal ?
                            F_SEAL_GROW | F_SEAL_SHRINK | F_SEAL_SEAL : 0,
diff --git a/backends/hostmem-ram.c b/backends/hostmem-ram.c
index 6aab8d3a73..5cc53e76c9 100644
--- a/backends/hostmem-ram.c
+++ b/backends/hostmem-ram.c
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
 
-#define TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND_RAM "memory-backend-ram"
-
 static void
 ram_backend_memory_alloc(HostMemoryBackend *backend, Error **errp)
 {
diff --git a/backends/hostmem.c b/backends/hostmem.c
index e773bdfa6e..a70867b255 100644
--- a/backends/hostmem.c
+++ b/backends/hostmem.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static bool host_memory_backend_get_prealloc(Object *obj, Error **errp)
 {
     HostMemoryBackend *backend = MEMORY_BACKEND(obj);
 
-    return backend->prealloc || backend->force_prealloc;
+    return backend->prealloc;
 }
 
 static void host_memory_backend_set_prealloc(Object *obj, bool value,
@@ -223,15 +223,6 @@ static void host_memory_backend_set_prealloc(Object *obj, bool value,
 {
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     HostMemoryBackend *backend = MEMORY_BACKEND(obj);
-    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
-
-    if (backend->force_prealloc) {
-        if (value) {
-            error_setg(errp,
-                       "remove -mem-prealloc to use the prealloc property");
-            return;
-        }
-    }
 
     if (!host_memory_backend_mr_inited(backend)) {
         backend->prealloc = value;
@@ -243,7 +234,7 @@ static void host_memory_backend_set_prealloc(Object *obj, bool value,
         void *ptr = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&backend->mr);
         uint64_t sz = memory_region_size(&backend->mr);
 
-        os_mem_prealloc(fd, ptr, sz, ms->smp.cpus, &local_err);
+        os_mem_prealloc(fd, ptr, sz, backend->prealloc_threads, &local_err);
         if (local_err) {
             error_propagate(errp, local_err);
             return;
@@ -252,14 +243,43 @@ static void host_memory_backend_set_prealloc(Object *obj, bool value,
     }
 }
 
+static void host_memory_backend_get_prealloc_threads(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
+    const char *name, void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+    HostMemoryBackend *backend = MEMORY_BACKEND(obj);
+    visit_type_uint32(v, name, &backend->prealloc_threads, errp);
+}
+
+static void host_memory_backend_set_prealloc_threads(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
+    const char *name, void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+    HostMemoryBackend *backend = MEMORY_BACKEND(obj);
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    uint32_t value;
+
+    visit_type_uint32(v, name, &value, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+    if (value <= 0) {
+        error_setg(&local_err,
+                   "property '%s' of %s doesn't take value '%d'",
+                   name, object_get_typename(obj), value);
+        goto out;
+    }
+    backend->prealloc_threads = value;
+out:
+    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+}
+
 static void host_memory_backend_init(Object *obj)
 {
     HostMemoryBackend *backend = MEMORY_BACKEND(obj);
     MachineState *machine = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
 
+    /* TODO: convert access to globals to compat properties */
     backend->merge = machine_mem_merge(machine);
     backend->dump = machine_dump_guest_core(machine);
-    backend->prealloc = mem_prealloc;
 }
 
 static void host_memory_backend_post_init(Object *obj)
@@ -313,7 +333,6 @@ host_memory_backend_memory_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
 {
     HostMemoryBackend *backend = MEMORY_BACKEND(uc);
     HostMemoryBackendClass *bc = MEMORY_BACKEND_GET_CLASS(uc);
-    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     void *ptr;
     uint64_t sz;
@@ -378,7 +397,7 @@ host_memory_backend_memory_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
          */
         if (backend->prealloc) {
             os_mem_prealloc(memory_region_get_fd(&backend->mr), ptr, sz,
-                            ms->smp.cpus, &local_err);
+                            backend->prealloc_threads, &local_err);
             if (local_err) {
                 goto out;
             }
@@ -456,6 +475,12 @@ host_memory_backend_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
         host_memory_backend_set_prealloc, &error_abort);
     object_class_property_set_description(oc, "prealloc",
         "Preallocate memory", &error_abort);
+    object_class_property_add(oc, "prealloc-threads", "int",
+        host_memory_backend_get_prealloc_threads,
+        host_memory_backend_set_prealloc_threads,
+        NULL, NULL, &error_abort);
+    object_class_property_set_description(oc, "prealloc-threads",
+        "Number of CPU threads to use for prealloc", &error_abort);
     object_class_property_add(oc, "size", "int",
         host_memory_backend_get_size,
         host_memory_backend_set_size,