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Diffstat (limited to 'include/exec/memory.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/exec/memory.h | 27 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h index c99842d2fc..653a32ea10 100644 --- a/include/exec/memory.h +++ b/include/exec/memory.h @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ struct ReservedRegion { * relative to the region's address space * @readonly: writes to this section are ignored * @nonvolatile: this section is non-volatile + * @unmergeable: this section should not get merged with adjacent sections */ struct MemoryRegionSection { Int128 size; @@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ struct MemoryRegionSection { hwaddr offset_within_address_space; bool readonly; bool nonvolatile; + bool unmergeable; }; typedef struct IOMMUTLBEntry IOMMUTLBEntry; @@ -599,8 +601,9 @@ typedef void (*ReplayRamDiscard)(MemoryRegionSection *section, void *opaque); * populated (consuming memory), to be used/accessed by the VM. * * A #RamDiscardManager can only be set for a RAM #MemoryRegion while the - * #MemoryRegion isn't mapped yet; it cannot change while the #MemoryRegion is - * mapped. + * #MemoryRegion isn't mapped into an address space yet (either directly + * or via an alias); it cannot change while the #MemoryRegion is + * mapped into an address space. * * The #RamDiscardManager is intended to be used by technologies that are * incompatible with discarding of RAM (e.g., VFIO, which may pin all @@ -772,6 +775,7 @@ struct MemoryRegion { bool nonvolatile; bool rom_device; bool flush_coalesced_mmio; + bool unmergeable; uint8_t dirty_log_mask; bool is_iommu; RAMBlock *ram_block; @@ -2350,6 +2354,25 @@ void memory_region_set_size(MemoryRegion *mr, uint64_t size); void memory_region_set_alias_offset(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr offset); +/* + * memory_region_set_unmergeable: Set a memory region unmergeable + * + * Mark a memory region unmergeable, resulting in the memory region (or + * everything contained in a memory region container) not getting merged when + * simplifying the address space and notifying memory listeners. Consequently, + * memory listeners will never get notified about ranges that are larger than + * the original memory regions. + * + * This is primarily useful when multiple aliases to a RAM memory region are + * mapped into a memory region container, and updates (e.g., enable/disable or + * map/unmap) of individual memory region aliases are not supposed to affect + * other memory regions in the same container. + * + * @mr: the #MemoryRegion to be updated + * @unmergeable: whether to mark the #MemoryRegion unmergeable + */ +void memory_region_set_unmergeable(MemoryRegion *mr, bool unmergeable); + /** * memory_region_present: checks if an address relative to a @container * translates into #MemoryRegion within @container |