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From: BALATON Zoltan @ 2026-03-03 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
Cc: Peter Xu, Akihiko Odaki, Paolo Bonzini, Mark Cave-Ayland,
Gerd Hoffmann, Max Filippov, Peter Maydell,
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Use memory_region_init_rom() instead which is what other devices do.
This breaks migration but these devices are only used by sparc Sun
machines which have no migration compatibility guarantee.
Signed-off-by: BALATON Zoltan <balaton@eik.bme.hu>
Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
---
hw/display/cg3.c | 5 ++---
hw/display/tcx.c | 5 ++---
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hw/display/cg3.c b/hw/display/cg3.c
index 568d6048a6..61bdb0552e 100644
--- a/hw/display/cg3.c
+++ b/hw/display/cg3.c
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ static void cg3_initfn(Object *obj)
SysBusDevice *sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(obj);
CG3State *s = CG3(obj);
- memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate(&s->rom, obj, "cg3.prom",
- FCODE_MAX_ROM_SIZE, &error_fatal);
+ memory_region_init_rom(&s->rom, obj, "cg3.prom", FCODE_MAX_ROM_SIZE,
+ &error_fatal);
sysbus_init_mmio(sbd, &s->rom);
memory_region_init_io(&s->reg, obj, &cg3_reg_ops, s, "cg3.reg",
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ static void cg3_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
char *fcode_filename;
/* FCode ROM */
- vmstate_register_ram_global(&s->rom);
fcode_filename = qemu_find_file(QEMU_FILE_TYPE_BIOS, CG3_ROM_FILE);
if (fcode_filename) {
ret = load_image_mr(fcode_filename, &s->rom);
diff --git a/hw/display/tcx.c b/hw/display/tcx.c
index 36cad82abd..16114b9bb8 100644
--- a/hw/display/tcx.c
+++ b/hw/display/tcx.c
@@ -756,8 +756,8 @@ static void tcx_initfn(Object *obj)
SysBusDevice *sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(obj);
TCXState *s = TCX(obj);
- memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate(&s->rom, obj, "tcx.prom",
- FCODE_MAX_ROM_SIZE, &error_fatal);
+ memory_region_init_rom(&s->rom, obj, "tcx.prom", FCODE_MAX_ROM_SIZE,
+ &error_fatal);
sysbus_init_mmio(sbd, &s->rom);
/* 2/STIP : Stippler */
@@ -822,7 +822,6 @@ static void tcx_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
vram_base = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&s->vram_mem);
/* 10/ROM : FCode ROM */
- vmstate_register_ram_global(&s->rom);
fcode_filename = qemu_find_file(QEMU_FILE_TYPE_BIOS, TCX_ROM_FILE);
if (fcode_filename) {
ret = load_image_mr(fcode_filename, &s->rom);
--
2.41.3
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From: BALATON Zoltan @ 2026-03-03 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
Cc: Peter Xu, Akihiko Odaki, Paolo Bonzini, Mark Cave-Ayland,
Gerd Hoffmann, Max Filippov, Peter Maydell,
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
All users were converted so no longer needed.
Signed-off-by: BALATON Zoltan <balaton@eik.bme.hu>
Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
---
docs/devel/memory.rst | 1 -
include/system/memory.h | 26 -----------------
.../memory-region-housekeeping.cocci | 28 -------------------
system/memory.c | 19 ++-----------
4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/devel/memory.rst b/docs/devel/memory.rst
index 8558f70a42..0bb5acab21 100644
--- a/docs/devel/memory.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/memory.rst
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ have a special case where you need to manage the migration of
the backing memory yourself, you can call the functions:
- memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate()
-- memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate()
which only initialize the MemoryRegion and leave handling
migration to the caller.
diff --git a/include/system/memory.h b/include/system/memory.h
index 0562af3136..7117699b10 100644
--- a/include/system/memory.h
+++ b/include/system/memory.h
@@ -1588,32 +1588,6 @@ void memory_region_init_alias(MemoryRegion *mr,
hwaddr offset,
uint64_t size);
-/**
- * memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate: Initialize a ROM memory region.
- *
- * This has the same effect as calling memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate()
- * and then marking the resulting region read-only with
- * memory_region_set_readonly().
- *
- * Note that this function does not do anything to cause the data in the
- * RAM side of the memory region to be migrated; that is the responsibility
- * of the caller.
- *
- * @mr: the #MemoryRegion to be initialized.
- * @owner: the object that tracks the region's reference count
- * @name: Region name, becomes part of RAMBlock name used in migration stream
- * must be unique within any device
- * @size: size of the region.
- * @errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.
- *
- * Return: true on success, else false setting @errp with error.
- */
-bool memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr,
- Object *owner,
- const char *name,
- uint64_t size,
- Error **errp);
-
/**
* memory_region_init_iommu: Initialize a memory region of a custom type
* that translates addresses
diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/memory-region-housekeeping.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/memory-region-housekeeping.cocci
index 7f89e9712e..e45703141a 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/memory-region-housekeeping.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/memory-region-housekeeping.cocci
@@ -16,17 +16,10 @@
expression E1, E2, E3, E4, E5;
symbol true;
@@
-(
- memory_region_init_ram(E1, E2, E3, E4, E5);
+ memory_region_init_rom(E1, E2, E3, E4, E5);
... WHEN != E1
- memory_region_set_readonly(E1, true);
-|
-- memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(E1, E2, E3, E4, E5);
-+ memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate(E1, E2, E3, E4, E5);
- ... WHEN != E1
-- memory_region_set_readonly(E1, true);
-)
@possible_memory_region_init_rom@
@@ -53,11 +46,7 @@ cocci.print_main("potential use of memory_region_init_rom*() in ", p)
expression ROM, E1, E2, E3, E4;
expression ALIAS, E5, E6, E7, E8;
@@
-(
memory_region_init_rom(ROM, E1, E2, E3, E4);
-|
- memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate(ROM, E1, E2, E3, E4);
-)
...
memory_region_init_alias(ALIAS, E5, E6, ROM, E7, E8);
- memory_region_set_readonly(ALIAS, true);
@@ -80,23 +69,6 @@ expression ERRP;
...
-vmstate_register_ram_global(MR);
@@
-expression MR;
-expression NAME;
-expression SIZE;
-expression ERRP;
-@@
--memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate(MR, NULL, NAME, SIZE, ERRP);
-+memory_region_init_rom(MR, NULL, NAME, SIZE, ERRP);
- ...
--vmstate_register_ram_global(MR);
-@@
-expression MR;
-expression OPS;
-expression OPAQUE;
-expression NAME;
-expression SIZE;
-expression ERRP;
-@@
typedef DeviceState;
identifier device_fn, dev, obj;
expression E1, E2, E3, E4, E5;
diff --git a/system/memory.c b/system/memory.c
index c51d0798a8..65042bd9fa 100644
--- a/system/memory.c
+++ b/system/memory.c
@@ -1738,21 +1738,6 @@ void memory_region_init_alias(MemoryRegion *mr,
mr->alias_offset = offset;
}
-bool memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr,
- Object *owner,
- const char *name,
- uint64_t size,
- Error **errp)
-{
- if (!memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(mr, owner, name,
- size, 0, errp)) {
- return false;
- }
- mr->readonly = true;
-
- return true;
-}
-
void memory_region_init_iommu(void *_iommu_mr,
size_t instance_size,
const char *mrtypename,
@@ -3757,9 +3742,11 @@ bool memory_region_init_rom(MemoryRegion *mr,
{
DeviceState *owner_dev;
- if (!memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate(mr, owner, name, size, errp)) {
+ if (!memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(mr, owner, name,
+ size, 0, errp)) {
return false;
}
+ mr->readonly = true;
/* This will assert if owner is neither NULL nor a DeviceState.
* We only want the owner here for the purposes of defining a
* unique name for migration. TODO: Ideally we should implement
--
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From: BALATON Zoltan @ 2026-03-03 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
Cc: Peter Xu, Akihiko Odaki, Paolo Bonzini, Mark Cave-Ayland,
Gerd Hoffmann, Max Filippov, Peter Maydell,
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Convert to use memory_region_init_{ram,rom} instead. This breaks
migration but these machines have no migration compatibility guarantee
and this removes most remaining usages of this nomigrate variant.
Signed-off-by: BALATON Zoltan <balaton@eik.bme.hu>
Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
---
hw/display/tcx.c | 3 +--
hw/sparc/sun4m.c | 19 +++++--------------
hw/sparc64/sun4u.c | 10 +++-------
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hw/display/tcx.c b/hw/display/tcx.c
index 16114b9bb8..c8a4ac21ca 100644
--- a/hw/display/tcx.c
+++ b/hw/display/tcx.c
@@ -815,9 +815,8 @@ static void tcx_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
uint8_t *vram_base;
char *fcode_filename;
- memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(&s->vram_mem, OBJECT(s), "tcx.vram",
+ memory_region_init_ram(&s->vram_mem, OBJECT(s), "tcx.vram",
s->vram_size * (1 + 4 + 4), &error_fatal);
- vmstate_register_ram_global(&s->vram_mem);
memory_region_set_log(&s->vram_mem, true, DIRTY_MEMORY_VGA);
vram_base = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&s->vram_mem);
diff --git a/hw/sparc/sun4m.c b/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
index a17bdb3692..47853e3f76 100644
--- a/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
+++ b/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
@@ -587,13 +587,10 @@ static void idreg_realize(DeviceState *ds, Error **errp)
IDRegState *s = MACIO_ID_REGISTER(ds);
SysBusDevice *dev = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(ds);
- if (!memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(&s->mem, OBJECT(ds), "sun4m.idreg",
- sizeof(idreg_data), errp)) {
+ if (!memory_region_init_rom(&s->mem, OBJECT(ds), "sun4m.idreg",
+ sizeof(idreg_data), errp)) {
return;
}
-
- vmstate_register_ram_global(&s->mem);
- memory_region_set_readonly(&s->mem, true);
sysbus_init_mmio(dev, &s->mem);
}
@@ -638,12 +635,9 @@ static void afx_realize(DeviceState *ds, Error **errp)
AFXState *s = TCX_AFX(ds);
SysBusDevice *dev = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(ds);
- if (!memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(&s->mem, OBJECT(ds), "sun4m.afx",
- 4, errp)) {
+ if (!memory_region_init_ram(&s->mem, OBJECT(ds), "sun4m.afx", 4, errp)) {
return;
}
-
- vmstate_register_ram_global(&s->mem);
sysbus_init_mmio(dev, &s->mem);
}
@@ -719,13 +713,10 @@ static void prom_realize(DeviceState *ds, Error **errp)
PROMState *s = OPENPROM(ds);
SysBusDevice *dev = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(ds);
- if (!memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(&s->prom, OBJECT(ds), "sun4m.prom",
- PROM_SIZE_MAX, errp)) {
+ if (!memory_region_init_rom(&s->prom, OBJECT(ds), "sun4m.prom",
+ PROM_SIZE_MAX, errp)) {
return;
}
-
- vmstate_register_ram_global(&s->prom);
- memory_region_set_readonly(&s->prom, true);
sysbus_init_mmio(dev, &s->prom);
}
diff --git a/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c b/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
index b8bda1eb81..2e41785b78 100644
--- a/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
+++ b/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
@@ -455,13 +455,10 @@ static void prom_realize(DeviceState *ds, Error **errp)
PROMState *s = OPENPROM(ds);
SysBusDevice *dev = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(ds);
- if (!memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(&s->prom, OBJECT(ds), "sun4u.prom",
- PROM_SIZE_MAX, errp)) {
+ if (!memory_region_init_rom(&s->prom, OBJECT(ds), "sun4u.prom",
+ PROM_SIZE_MAX, errp)) {
return;
}
-
- vmstate_register_ram_global(&s->prom);
- memory_region_set_readonly(&s->prom, true);
sysbus_init_mmio(dev, &s->prom);
}
@@ -498,9 +495,8 @@ static void ram_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
RamDevice *d = SUN4U_RAM(dev);
SysBusDevice *sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev);
- memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(&d->ram, OBJECT(d), "sun4u.ram", d->size,
+ memory_region_init_ram(&d->ram, OBJECT(d), "sun4u.ram", d->size,
&error_fatal);
- vmstate_register_ram_global(&d->ram);
sysbus_init_mmio(sbd, &d->ram);
}
--
2.41.3
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From: BALATON Zoltan @ 2026-03-03 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
Cc: Peter Xu, Akihiko Odaki, Paolo Bonzini, Mark Cave-Ayland,
Gerd Hoffmann, Max Filippov, Peter Maydell,
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
This function is kept until the last two usages can be removed but
convert the last usage in memory.c and remove it from the
documentation.
Signed-off-by: BALATON Zoltan <balaton@eik.bme.hu>
---
docs/devel/memory.rst | 8 +++-----
.../memory-region-housekeeping.cocci | 19 -------------------
system/memory.c | 3 ++-
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/devel/memory.rst b/docs/devel/memory.rst
index 0bb5acab21..9083b18f08 100644
--- a/docs/devel/memory.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/memory.rst
@@ -110,11 +110,9 @@ migrated:
For most devices and boards this is the correct thing. If you
have a special case where you need to manage the migration of
-the backing memory yourself, you can call the functions:
-
-- memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate()
-
-which only initialize the MemoryRegion and leave handling
+the backing memory yourself, you can call the function
+memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate()
+which only initializes the MemoryRegion and leaves handling
migration to the caller.
The functions:
diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/memory-region-housekeeping.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/memory-region-housekeeping.cocci
index e45703141a..b23647a3d8 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/memory-region-housekeeping.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/memory-region-housekeeping.cocci
@@ -26,15 +26,9 @@ symbol true;
expression E1, E2, E3, E4, E5;
position p;
@@
-(
memory_region_init_ram@p(E1, E2, E3, E4, E5);
...
memory_region_set_readonly(E1, true);
-|
- memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate@p(E1, E2, E3, E4, E5);
- ...
- memory_region_set_readonly(E1, true);
-)
@script:python@
p << possible_memory_region_init_rom.p;
@@
@@ -52,23 +46,10 @@ expression ALIAS, E5, E6, E7, E8;
- memory_region_set_readonly(ALIAS, true);
-// Replace by-hand memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate/vmstate_register_ram
-// code sequences with use of the new memory_region_init_ram function.
-// Similarly for the _rom and _rom_device functions.
// We don't try to replace sequences with a non-NULL owner, because
// there are none in the tree that can be automatically converted
// (and only a handful that can be manually converted).
@@
-expression MR;
-expression NAME;
-expression SIZE;
-expression ERRP;
-@@
--memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(MR, NULL, NAME, SIZE, ERRP);
-+memory_region_init_ram(MR, NULL, NAME, SIZE, ERRP);
- ...
--vmstate_register_ram_global(MR);
-@@
typedef DeviceState;
identifier device_fn, dev, obj;
expression E1, E2, E3, E4, E5;
diff --git a/system/memory.c b/system/memory.c
index 65042bd9fa..e8c4912a60 100644
--- a/system/memory.c
+++ b/system/memory.c
@@ -3695,7 +3695,8 @@ bool memory_region_init_ram(MemoryRegion *mr,
{
DeviceState *owner_dev;
- if (!memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(mr, owner, name, size, errp)) {
+ if (!memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(mr, owner, name,
+ size, 0, errp)) {
return false;
}
/* This will assert if owner is neither NULL nor a DeviceState.
--
2.41.3
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From: BALATON Zoltan @ 2026-03-03 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
Cc: Peter Xu, Akihiko Odaki, Paolo Bonzini, Mark Cave-Ayland,
Gerd Hoffmann, Max Filippov, Peter Maydell,
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Introduce internal helper functions to remove duplicated code from
different memory_region_init_*ram functions.
Signed-off-by: BALATON Zoltan <balaton@eik.bme.hu>
---
system/memory.c | 132 ++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
diff --git a/system/memory.c b/system/memory.c
index e8c4912a60..1b26c6b5a5 100644
--- a/system/memory.c
+++ b/system/memory.c
@@ -1589,19 +1589,16 @@ bool memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr,
size, 0, errp);
}
-bool memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr,
- Object *owner,
- const char *name,
- uint64_t size,
- uint32_t ram_flags,
- Error **errp)
+static void memory_region_setup_ram(MemoryRegion *mr)
{
- Error *err = NULL;
- memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
mr->ram = true;
mr->terminates = true;
mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
- mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc(size, ram_flags, mr, &err);
+}
+
+static bool memory_region_error_propagate(MemoryRegion *mr,
+ Error *err, Error **errp)
+{
if (err) {
mr->size = int128_zero();
object_unparent(OBJECT(mr));
@@ -1611,6 +1608,18 @@ bool memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr,
return true;
}
+bool memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
+ const char *name, uint64_t size,
+ uint32_t ram_flags, Error **errp)
+{
+ Error *err = NULL;
+
+ memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
+ memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
+ mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc(size, ram_flags, mr, &err);
+ return memory_region_error_propagate(mr, err, errp);
+}
+
bool memory_region_init_resizeable_ram(MemoryRegion *mr,
Object *owner,
const char *name,
@@ -1622,108 +1631,69 @@ bool memory_region_init_resizeable_ram(MemoryRegion *mr,
Error **errp)
{
Error *err = NULL;
+
memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
- mr->ram = true;
- mr->terminates = true;
- mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
- mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_resizeable(size, max_size, resized,
- mr, &err);
- if (err) {
- mr->size = int128_zero();
- object_unparent(OBJECT(mr));
- error_propagate(errp, err);
- return false;
- }
- return true;
+ memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
+ mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_resizeable(size, max_size, resized, mr,
+ &err);
+ return memory_region_error_propagate(mr, err, errp);
}
#if defined(CONFIG_POSIX) && !defined(EMSCRIPTEN)
-bool memory_region_init_ram_from_file(MemoryRegion *mr,
- Object *owner,
- const char *name,
- uint64_t size,
- uint64_t align,
- uint32_t ram_flags,
- const char *path,
- ram_addr_t offset,
+bool memory_region_init_ram_from_file(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
+ const char *name, uint64_t size,
+ uint64_t align, uint32_t ram_flags,
+ const char *path, ram_addr_t offset,
Error **errp)
{
Error *err = NULL;
+
memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
- mr->ram = true;
+ memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
mr->readonly = !!(ram_flags & RAM_READONLY);
- mr->terminates = true;
- mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
mr->align = align;
- mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_from_file(size, mr, ram_flags, path,
- offset, &err);
- if (err) {
- mr->size = int128_zero();
- object_unparent(OBJECT(mr));
- error_propagate(errp, err);
- return false;
- }
- return true;
+ mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_from_file(size, mr, ram_flags, path, offset,
+ &err);
+ return memory_region_error_propagate(mr, err, errp);
}
-bool memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(MemoryRegion *mr,
- Object *owner,
- const char *name,
- uint64_t size,
- uint32_t ram_flags,
- int fd,
- ram_addr_t offset,
- Error **errp)
+bool memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
+ const char *name, uint64_t size,
+ uint32_t ram_flags, int fd,
+ ram_addr_t offset, Error **errp)
{
Error *err = NULL;
+
memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
- mr->ram = true;
+ memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
mr->readonly = !!(ram_flags & RAM_READONLY);
- mr->terminates = true;
- mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_from_fd(size, size, NULL, mr, ram_flags, fd,
offset, false, &err);
- if (err) {
- mr->size = int128_zero();
- object_unparent(OBJECT(mr));
- error_propagate(errp, err);
- return false;
- }
- return true;
+ return memory_region_error_propagate(mr, err, errp);
}
#endif
-void memory_region_init_ram_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr,
- Object *owner,
- const char *name,
- uint64_t size,
- void *ptr)
+void memory_region_init_ram_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
+ const char *name, uint64_t size, void *ptr)
{
memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
- mr->ram = true;
- mr->terminates = true;
- mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
-
+ memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
/* qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr cannot fail with ptr != NULL. */
assert(ptr != NULL);
mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(size, ptr, mr, &error_abort);
}
-void memory_region_init_ram_device_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr,
- Object *owner,
- const char *name,
- uint64_t size,
+void memory_region_init_ram_device_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
+ const char *name, uint64_t size,
void *ptr)
{
memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
- mr->ram = true;
- mr->ram_device = true;
memory_region_set_ops(mr, &ram_device_mem_ops, mr);
- mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
-
+ memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
/* qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr cannot fail with ptr != NULL. */
assert(ptr != NULL);
mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(size, ptr, mr, &error_abort);
+ mr->ram_device = true;
}
void memory_region_init_alias(MemoryRegion *mr,
@@ -3774,15 +3744,13 @@ bool memory_region_init_rom_device(MemoryRegion *mr,
assert(ops);
memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
memory_region_set_ops(mr, ops, opaque);
- mr->rom_device = true;
- mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
+ memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc(size, 0, mr, &err);
- if (err) {
- mr->size = int128_zero();
- object_unparent(OBJECT(mr));
- error_propagate(errp, err);
+ if (!memory_region_error_propagate(mr, err, errp)) {
return false;
}
+ mr->ram = false;
+ mr->rom_device = true;
/* This will assert if owner is neither NULL nor a DeviceState.
* We only want the owner here for the purposes of defining a
* unique name for migration. TODO: Ideally we should implement
--
2.41.3
^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH v6 5/8] memory: Factor out common ram region initialization
2026-03-03 21:47 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] memory: Factor out common ram region initialization BALATON Zoltan
@ 2026-03-04 5:46 ` Akihiko Odaki
2026-03-04 11:38 ` BALATON Zoltan
0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread
From: Akihiko Odaki @ 2026-03-04 5:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: BALATON Zoltan, qemu-devel
Cc: Peter Xu, Paolo Bonzini, Mark Cave-Ayland, Gerd Hoffmann,
Max Filippov, Peter Maydell, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
On 2026/03/04 6:47, BALATON Zoltan wrote:
> Introduce internal helper functions to remove duplicated code from
> different memory_region_init_*ram functions.
>
> Signed-off-by: BALATON Zoltan <balaton@eik.bme.hu>
> ---
> system/memory.c | 132 ++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/system/memory.c b/system/memory.c
> index e8c4912a60..1b26c6b5a5 100644
> --- a/system/memory.c
> +++ b/system/memory.c
> @@ -1589,19 +1589,16 @@ bool memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr,
> size, 0, errp);
> }
>
> -bool memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr,
> - Object *owner,
> - const char *name,
> - uint64_t size,
> - uint32_t ram_flags,
> - Error **errp)
> +static void memory_region_setup_ram(MemoryRegion *mr)
> {
> - Error *err = NULL;
> - memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
> mr->ram = true;
> mr->terminates = true;
> mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
> - mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc(size, ram_flags, mr, &err);
> +}
> +
> +static bool memory_region_error_propagate(MemoryRegion *mr,
> + Error *err, Error **errp)
> +{
> if (err) {
> mr->size = int128_zero();
> object_unparent(OBJECT(mr));
> @@ -1611,6 +1608,18 @@ bool memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr,
> return true;
> }
I think the optimal way to factor out error propagation is to use
ERRP_GUARD().
Regards,
Akihiko Odaki
>
> +bool memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
> + const char *name, uint64_t size,
> + uint32_t ram_flags, Error **errp)
> +{
> + Error *err = NULL;
> +
> + memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
> + memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
> + mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc(size, ram_flags, mr, &err);
> + return memory_region_error_propagate(mr, err, errp);
> +}
> +
> bool memory_region_init_resizeable_ram(MemoryRegion *mr,
> Object *owner,
> const char *name,
> @@ -1622,108 +1631,69 @@ bool memory_region_init_resizeable_ram(MemoryRegion *mr,
> Error **errp)
> {
> Error *err = NULL;
> +
> memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
> - mr->ram = true;
> - mr->terminates = true;
> - mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
> - mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_resizeable(size, max_size, resized,
> - mr, &err);
> - if (err) {
> - mr->size = int128_zero();
> - object_unparent(OBJECT(mr));
> - error_propagate(errp, err);
> - return false;
> - }
> - return true;
> + memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
> + mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_resizeable(size, max_size, resized, mr,
> + &err);
> + return memory_region_error_propagate(mr, err, errp);
> }
>
> #if defined(CONFIG_POSIX) && !defined(EMSCRIPTEN)
> -bool memory_region_init_ram_from_file(MemoryRegion *mr,
> - Object *owner,
> - const char *name,
> - uint64_t size,
> - uint64_t align,
> - uint32_t ram_flags,
> - const char *path,
> - ram_addr_t offset,
> +bool memory_region_init_ram_from_file(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
> + const char *name, uint64_t size,
> + uint64_t align, uint32_t ram_flags,
> + const char *path, ram_addr_t offset,
> Error **errp)
> {
> Error *err = NULL;
> +
> memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
> - mr->ram = true;
> + memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
> mr->readonly = !!(ram_flags & RAM_READONLY);
> - mr->terminates = true;
> - mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
> mr->align = align;
> - mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_from_file(size, mr, ram_flags, path,
> - offset, &err);
> - if (err) {
> - mr->size = int128_zero();
> - object_unparent(OBJECT(mr));
> - error_propagate(errp, err);
> - return false;
> - }
> - return true;
> + mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_from_file(size, mr, ram_flags, path, offset,
> + &err);
> + return memory_region_error_propagate(mr, err, errp);
> }
>
> -bool memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(MemoryRegion *mr,
> - Object *owner,
> - const char *name,
> - uint64_t size,
> - uint32_t ram_flags,
> - int fd,
> - ram_addr_t offset,
> - Error **errp)
> +bool memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
> + const char *name, uint64_t size,
> + uint32_t ram_flags, int fd,
> + ram_addr_t offset, Error **errp)
> {
> Error *err = NULL;
> +
> memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
> - mr->ram = true;
> + memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
> mr->readonly = !!(ram_flags & RAM_READONLY);
> - mr->terminates = true;
> - mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
> mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_from_fd(size, size, NULL, mr, ram_flags, fd,
> offset, false, &err);
> - if (err) {
> - mr->size = int128_zero();
> - object_unparent(OBJECT(mr));
> - error_propagate(errp, err);
> - return false;
> - }
> - return true;
> + return memory_region_error_propagate(mr, err, errp);
> }
> #endif
>
> -void memory_region_init_ram_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr,
> - Object *owner,
> - const char *name,
> - uint64_t size,
> - void *ptr)
> +void memory_region_init_ram_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
> + const char *name, uint64_t size, void *ptr)
> {
> memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
> - mr->ram = true;
> - mr->terminates = true;
> - mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
> -
> + memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
> /* qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr cannot fail with ptr != NULL. */
> assert(ptr != NULL);
> mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(size, ptr, mr, &error_abort);
> }
>
> -void memory_region_init_ram_device_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr,
> - Object *owner,
> - const char *name,
> - uint64_t size,
> +void memory_region_init_ram_device_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
> + const char *name, uint64_t size,
> void *ptr)
> {
> memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
> - mr->ram = true;
> - mr->ram_device = true;
> memory_region_set_ops(mr, &ram_device_mem_ops, mr);
> - mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
> -
> + memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
> /* qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr cannot fail with ptr != NULL. */
> assert(ptr != NULL);
> mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(size, ptr, mr, &error_abort);
> + mr->ram_device = true;
> }
>
> void memory_region_init_alias(MemoryRegion *mr,
> @@ -3774,15 +3744,13 @@ bool memory_region_init_rom_device(MemoryRegion *mr,
> assert(ops);
> memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
> memory_region_set_ops(mr, ops, opaque);
> - mr->rom_device = true;
> - mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
> + memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
> mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc(size, 0, mr, &err);
> - if (err) {
> - mr->size = int128_zero();
> - object_unparent(OBJECT(mr));
> - error_propagate(errp, err);
> + if (!memory_region_error_propagate(mr, err, errp)) {
> return false;
> }
> + mr->ram = false;
> + mr->rom_device = true;
> /* This will assert if owner is neither NULL nor a DeviceState.
> * We only want the owner here for the purposes of defining a
> * unique name for migration. TODO: Ideally we should implement
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH v6 5/8] memory: Factor out common ram region initialization
2026-03-04 5:46 ` Akihiko Odaki
@ 2026-03-04 11:38 ` BALATON Zoltan
2026-03-05 1:57 ` Akihiko Odaki
0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread
From: BALATON Zoltan @ 2026-03-04 11:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Akihiko Odaki
Cc: qemu-devel, Peter Xu, Paolo Bonzini, Mark Cave-Ayland,
Gerd Hoffmann, Max Filippov, Peter Maydell,
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
On Wed, 4 Mar 2026, Akihiko Odaki wrote:
> On 2026/03/04 6:47, BALATON Zoltan wrote:
>> Introduce internal helper functions to remove duplicated code from
>> different memory_region_init_*ram functions.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: BALATON Zoltan <balaton@eik.bme.hu>
>> ---
>> system/memory.c | 132 ++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
>> 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/system/memory.c b/system/memory.c
>> index e8c4912a60..1b26c6b5a5 100644
>> --- a/system/memory.c
>> +++ b/system/memory.c
>> @@ -1589,19 +1589,16 @@ bool memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(MemoryRegion
>> *mr,
>> size, 0, errp);
>> }
>> -bool memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr,
>> - Object *owner,
>> - const char *name,
>> - uint64_t size,
>> - uint32_t ram_flags,
>> - Error **errp)
>> +static void memory_region_setup_ram(MemoryRegion *mr)
>> {
>> - Error *err = NULL;
>> - memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
>> mr->ram = true;
>> mr->terminates = true;
>> mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
>> - mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc(size, ram_flags, mr, &err);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static bool memory_region_error_propagate(MemoryRegion *mr,
>> + Error *err, Error **errp)
>> +{
>> if (err) {
>> mr->size = int128_zero();
>> object_unparent(OBJECT(mr));
>> @@ -1611,6 +1608,18 @@ bool
>> memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr,
>> return true;
>> }
>
> I think the optimal way to factor out error propagation is to use
> ERRP_GUARD().
I don't think ERRP_GUARD applies here as we do not dereference errp and
this does more than just propagate the error so I don't see how ERRP_GUARD
could help here.
Regards,
BALATON Zoltan
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH v6 5/8] memory: Factor out common ram region initialization
2026-03-04 11:38 ` BALATON Zoltan
@ 2026-03-05 1:57 ` Akihiko Odaki
2026-03-05 16:56 ` Peter Xu
0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread
From: Akihiko Odaki @ 2026-03-05 1:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: BALATON Zoltan
Cc: qemu-devel, Peter Xu, Paolo Bonzini, Mark Cave-Ayland,
Gerd Hoffmann, Max Filippov, Peter Maydell,
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
On 2026/03/04 20:38, BALATON Zoltan wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Mar 2026, Akihiko Odaki wrote:
>> On 2026/03/04 6:47, BALATON Zoltan wrote:
>>> Introduce internal helper functions to remove duplicated code from
>>> different memory_region_init_*ram functions.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: BALATON Zoltan <balaton@eik.bme.hu>
>>> ---
>>> system/memory.c | 132 ++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
>>> 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/system/memory.c b/system/memory.c
>>> index e8c4912a60..1b26c6b5a5 100644
>>> --- a/system/memory.c
>>> +++ b/system/memory.c
>>> @@ -1589,19 +1589,16 @@ bool
>>> memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr,
>>> size, 0, errp);
>>> }
>>> -bool memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr,
>>> - Object *owner,
>>> - const char *name,
>>> - uint64_t size,
>>> - uint32_t ram_flags,
>>> - Error **errp)
>>> +static void memory_region_setup_ram(MemoryRegion *mr)
>>> {
>>> - Error *err = NULL;
>>> - memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
>>> mr->ram = true;
>>> mr->terminates = true;
>>> mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
>>> - mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc(size, ram_flags, mr, &err);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static bool memory_region_error_propagate(MemoryRegion *mr,
>>> + Error *err, Error **errp)
>>> +{
>>> if (err) {
>>> mr->size = int128_zero();
>>> object_unparent(OBJECT(mr));
>>> @@ -1611,6 +1608,18 @@ bool
>>> memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr,
>>> return true;
>>> }
>>
>> I think the optimal way to factor out error propagation is to use
>> ERRP_GUARD().
>
> I don't think ERRP_GUARD applies here as we do not dereference errp and
> this does more than just propagate the error so I don't see how
> ERRP_GUARD could help here.
include/qapi/error.h has an extensive documentation describing how
errors should be passed around:
> Call a function, receive an error from it, and pass it to the caller
> - when the function returns a value that indicates failure, say
> false:
> if (!foo(arg, errp)) {
> handle the error...
> }
> - when it does not, say because it is a void function:
> ERRP_GUARD();
> foo(arg, errp);
> if (*errp) {
> handle the error...
> }
> More on ERRP_GUARD() below.
>
> Code predating ERRP_GUARD() still exists, and looks like this:
> Error *err = NULL;
> foo(arg, &err);
> if (err) {
> handle the error...
> error_propagate(errp, err); // deprecated
> }
> Avoid in new code. Do *not* "optimize" it to
> foo(arg, errp);
> if (*errp) { // WRONG!
> handle the error...
> }
> because errp may be NULL without the ERRP_GUARD() guard.
>
> But when all you do with the error is pass it on, please use
> foo(arg, errp);
> for readability.
>
> Receive an error, and handle it locally
> - when the function returns a value that indicates failure, say
> false:
> Error *err = NULL;
> if (!foo(arg, &err)) {
> handle the error...
> }
> - when it does not, say because it is a void function:
> Error *err = NULL;
> foo(arg, &err);
> if (err) {
> handle the error...
> }
>
> Pass an existing error to the caller:
> error_propagate(errp, err);
> This is rarely needed. When @err is a local variable, use of
> ERRP_GUARD() commonly results in more readable code.
But looking at the code, the functions generating errors (e.g.,
qemu_ram_alloc()) return values that indicate failures (NULL), so I now
think we should use the first pattern I cited (i.e., check the returned
value instead of err) and remove the err variable and error_propagate()
altogether instead of factoring them out with
memory_region_error_propagate() or ERRP_GUARD().
Regards,
Akihiko Odaki
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH v6 5/8] memory: Factor out common ram region initialization
2026-03-05 1:57 ` Akihiko Odaki
@ 2026-03-05 16:56 ` Peter Xu
0 siblings, 0 replies; 15+ messages in thread
From: Peter Xu @ 2026-03-05 16:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Akihiko Odaki
Cc: BALATON Zoltan, qemu-devel, Paolo Bonzini, Mark Cave-Ayland,
Gerd Hoffmann, Max Filippov, Peter Maydell,
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
On Thu, Mar 05, 2026 at 10:57:19AM +0900, Akihiko Odaki wrote:
> But looking at the code, the functions generating errors (e.g.,
> qemu_ram_alloc()) return values that indicate failures (NULL), so I now
> think we should use the first pattern I cited (i.e., check the returned
> value instead of err) and remove the err variable and error_propagate()
> altogether instead of factoring them out with
> memory_region_error_propagate() or ERRP_GUARD().
I agree, this looks better.
--
Peter Xu
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 15+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v6 6/8] memory: Add internal memory_region_register_ram function
2026-03-03 21:47 [PATCH v6 0/8] memory: Remove most _nomigrate variants BALATON Zoltan
` (4 preceding siblings ...)
2026-03-03 21:47 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] memory: Factor out common ram region initialization BALATON Zoltan
@ 2026-03-03 21:47 ` BALATON Zoltan
2026-03-03 21:47 ` [PATCH v6 7/8] memory: Shorten memory_region_init_ram_device_ptr and memory_region_init_rom_device BALATON Zoltan
` (2 subsequent siblings)
8 siblings, 0 replies; 15+ messages in thread
From: BALATON Zoltan @ 2026-03-03 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
Cc: Peter Xu, Akihiko Odaki, Paolo Bonzini, Mark Cave-Ayland,
Gerd Hoffmann, Max Filippov, Peter Maydell,
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Factor out common operation from memory_region_init_{ram,rom}
functions to register the region for migration. This avoids
duplicating the long comment in several functions.
Signed-off-by: BALATON Zoltan <balaton@eik.bme.hu>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
---
system/memory.c | 76 ++++++++++++++-----------------------------------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
diff --git a/system/memory.c b/system/memory.c
index 1b26c6b5a5..f75ca015a9 100644
--- a/system/memory.c
+++ b/system/memory.c
@@ -3657,18 +3657,10 @@ void mtree_info(bool flatview, bool dispatch_tree, bool owner, bool disabled)
}
}
-bool memory_region_init_ram(MemoryRegion *mr,
- Object *owner,
- const char *name,
- uint64_t size,
- Error **errp)
+static void memory_region_register_ram(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner)
{
DeviceState *owner_dev;
- if (!memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(mr, owner, name,
- size, 0, errp)) {
- return false;
- }
/* This will assert if owner is neither NULL nor a DeviceState.
* We only want the owner here for the purposes of defining a
* unique name for migration. TODO: Ideally we should implement
@@ -3677,68 +3669,50 @@ bool memory_region_init_ram(MemoryRegion *mr,
*/
owner_dev = DEVICE(owner);
vmstate_register_ram(mr, owner_dev);
+}
+bool memory_region_init_ram(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
+ const char *name, uint64_t size,
+ Error **errp)
+{
+ if (!memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(mr, owner, name, size,
+ 0, errp)) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ memory_region_register_ram(mr, owner);
return true;
}
-bool memory_region_init_ram_guest_memfd(MemoryRegion *mr,
- Object *owner,
- const char *name,
- uint64_t size,
+bool memory_region_init_ram_guest_memfd(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
+ const char *name, uint64_t size,
Error **errp)
{
- DeviceState *owner_dev;
-
if (!memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(mr, owner, name, size,
RAM_GUEST_MEMFD, errp)) {
return false;
}
- /* This will assert if owner is neither NULL nor a DeviceState.
- * We only want the owner here for the purposes of defining a
- * unique name for migration. TODO: Ideally we should implement
- * a naming scheme for Objects which are not DeviceStates, in
- * which case we can relax this restriction.
- */
- owner_dev = DEVICE(owner);
- vmstate_register_ram(mr, owner_dev);
-
+ memory_region_register_ram(mr, owner);
return true;
}
-bool memory_region_init_rom(MemoryRegion *mr,
- Object *owner,
- const char *name,
- uint64_t size,
+bool memory_region_init_rom(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
+ const char *name, uint64_t size,
Error **errp)
{
- DeviceState *owner_dev;
-
if (!memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(mr, owner, name,
size, 0, errp)) {
return false;
}
mr->readonly = true;
- /* This will assert if owner is neither NULL nor a DeviceState.
- * We only want the owner here for the purposes of defining a
- * unique name for migration. TODO: Ideally we should implement
- * a naming scheme for Objects which are not DeviceStates, in
- * which case we can relax this restriction.
- */
- owner_dev = DEVICE(owner);
- vmstate_register_ram(mr, owner_dev);
-
+ memory_region_register_ram(mr, owner);
return true;
}
-bool memory_region_init_rom_device(MemoryRegion *mr,
- Object *owner,
- const MemoryRegionOps *ops,
- void *opaque,
- const char *name,
- uint64_t size,
+bool memory_region_init_rom_device(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
+ const MemoryRegionOps *ops, void *opaque,
+ const char *name, uint64_t size,
Error **errp)
{
- DeviceState *owner_dev;
Error *err = NULL;
assert(ops);
@@ -3751,15 +3725,7 @@ bool memory_region_init_rom_device(MemoryRegion *mr,
}
mr->ram = false;
mr->rom_device = true;
- /* This will assert if owner is neither NULL nor a DeviceState.
- * We only want the owner here for the purposes of defining a
- * unique name for migration. TODO: Ideally we should implement
- * a naming scheme for Objects which are not DeviceStates, in
- * which case we can relax this restriction.
- */
- owner_dev = DEVICE(owner);
- vmstate_register_ram(mr, owner_dev);
-
+ memory_region_register_ram(mr, owner);
return true;
}
--
2.41.3
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8 siblings, 0 replies; 15+ messages in thread
From: BALATON Zoltan @ 2026-03-03 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
Cc: Peter Xu, Akihiko Odaki, Paolo Bonzini, Mark Cave-Ayland,
Gerd Hoffmann, Max Filippov, Peter Maydell,
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
We can reuse memory_region_init_io in these functions. Also shorten
some other function prototypes.
Signed-off-by: BALATON Zoltan <balaton@eik.bme.hu>
---
system/memory.c | 24 ++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/system/memory.c b/system/memory.c
index f75ca015a9..5c6514b985 100644
--- a/system/memory.c
+++ b/system/memory.c
@@ -1568,12 +1568,9 @@ static void memory_region_set_ops(MemoryRegion *mr,
mr->terminates = true;
}
-void memory_region_init_io(MemoryRegion *mr,
- Object *owner,
- const MemoryRegionOps *ops,
- void *opaque,
- const char *name,
- uint64_t size)
+void memory_region_init_io(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
+ const MemoryRegionOps *ops, void *opaque,
+ const char *name, uint64_t size)
{
memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
memory_region_set_ops(mr, ops, opaque);
@@ -1687,8 +1684,7 @@ void memory_region_init_ram_device_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
const char *name, uint64_t size,
void *ptr)
{
- memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
- memory_region_set_ops(mr, &ram_device_mem_ops, mr);
+ memory_region_init_io(mr, owner, &ram_device_mem_ops, mr, name, size);
memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
/* qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr cannot fail with ptr != NULL. */
assert(ptr != NULL);
@@ -1696,12 +1692,9 @@ void memory_region_init_ram_device_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
mr->ram_device = true;
}
-void memory_region_init_alias(MemoryRegion *mr,
- Object *owner,
- const char *name,
- MemoryRegion *orig,
- hwaddr offset,
- uint64_t size)
+void memory_region_init_alias(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
+ const char *name, MemoryRegion *orig,
+ hwaddr offset, uint64_t size)
{
memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
mr->alias = orig;
@@ -3716,8 +3709,7 @@ bool memory_region_init_rom_device(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
Error *err = NULL;
assert(ops);
- memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
- memory_region_set_ops(mr, ops, opaque);
+ memory_region_init_io(mr, owner, ops, opaque, name, size);
memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc(size, 0, mr, &err);
if (!memory_region_error_propagate(mr, err, errp)) {
--
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8 siblings, 0 replies; 15+ messages in thread
From: BALATON Zoltan @ 2026-03-03 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
Cc: Peter Xu, Akihiko Odaki, Paolo Bonzini, Mark Cave-Ayland,
Gerd Hoffmann, Max Filippov, Peter Maydell,
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Introduce internal memory_region_setup_ram_ptr() function to remove
duplicated code from different memory_region_init_ram_*ptr functions.
Signed-off-by: BALATON Zoltan <balaton@eik.bme.hu>
---
system/memory.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/system/memory.c b/system/memory.c
index 5c6514b985..aecd85b45b 100644
--- a/system/memory.c
+++ b/system/memory.c
@@ -1670,25 +1670,28 @@ bool memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
}
#endif
-void memory_region_init_ram_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
- const char *name, uint64_t size, void *ptr)
+static void memory_region_setup_ram_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr, uint64_t size,
+ void *ptr)
{
- memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
/* qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr cannot fail with ptr != NULL. */
assert(ptr != NULL);
mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(size, ptr, mr, &error_abort);
}
+void memory_region_init_ram_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
+ const char *name, uint64_t size, void *ptr)
+{
+ memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
+ memory_region_setup_ram_ptr(mr, size, ptr);
+}
+
void memory_region_init_ram_device_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
const char *name, uint64_t size,
void *ptr)
{
memory_region_init_io(mr, owner, &ram_device_mem_ops, mr, name, size);
- memory_region_setup_ram(mr);
- /* qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr cannot fail with ptr != NULL. */
- assert(ptr != NULL);
- mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(size, ptr, mr, &error_abort);
+ memory_region_setup_ram_ptr(mr, size, ptr);
mr->ram_device = true;
}
--
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@ 2026-03-04 19:06 ` Peter Xu
2026-03-04 23:39 ` BALATON Zoltan
8 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread
From: Peter Xu @ 2026-03-04 19:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: BALATON Zoltan
Cc: qemu-devel, Akihiko Odaki, Paolo Bonzini, Mark Cave-Ayland,
Gerd Hoffmann, Max Filippov, Peter Maydell,
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
On Tue, Mar 03, 2026 at 10:47:49PM +0100, BALATON Zoltan wrote:
> BALATON Zoltan (8):
> hw/display/{cg3.tcx}: Do not use memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate()
> memory: Remove memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate()
> sun4m,sun4u,tcx: Do not use memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate()
If no objections, I can queue these three patch (1-3) for 11.0-rc0 for now.
Thanks,
--
Peter Xu
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@ 2026-03-04 23:39 ` BALATON Zoltan
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From: BALATON Zoltan @ 2026-03-04 23:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Peter Xu
Cc: qemu-devel, Akihiko Odaki, Paolo Bonzini, Mark Cave-Ayland,
Gerd Hoffmann, Max Filippov, Peter Maydell,
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
On Wed, 4 Mar 2026, Peter Xu wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 03, 2026 at 10:47:49PM +0100, BALATON Zoltan wrote:
>> BALATON Zoltan (8):
>> hw/display/{cg3.tcx}: Do not use memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate()
>> memory: Remove memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate()
>> sun4m,sun4u,tcx: Do not use memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate()
>
> If no objections, I can queue these three patch (1-3) for 11.0-rc0 for now.
What about the rest of this series? These are all simple clean ups so
should not be hard to review. Patches 4-5 and 7-8 need review. Anybody?
Regards,
BALATON Zoltan
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