Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] machine: Use host_memory_backend_is_mapped() in machine_consume_memdev()

[Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 19:45:20 +0200
David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> wrote:

> memory_region_is_mapped() is the wrong check, we actually want to check
> whether the backend is already marked mapped.
> 
> For example, memory regions mapped via an alias, such as NVDIMMs,
> currently don't make memory_region_is_mapped() return "true". As the
> machine is initialized before any memory devices (and thereby before
> NVDIMMs are initialized), this isn't a fix but merely a cleanup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>

> ---
>  hw/core/machine.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
> index b8d95eec32..a1db865939 100644
> --- a/hw/core/machine.c
> +++ b/hw/core/machine.c
> @@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ MemoryRegion *machine_consume_memdev(MachineState *machine,
>  {
>      MemoryRegion *ret = host_memory_backend_get_memory(backend);
>  
> -    if (memory_region_is_mapped(ret)) {
> +    if (host_memory_backend_is_mapped(backend)) {
>          error_report("memory backend %s can't be used multiple times.",
>                       object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(backend)));
>          exit(EXIT_FAILURE);