From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>
To: "Marc-André Lureau" <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
"Zhenzhong Duan" <zhenzhong.duan@intel.com>,
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
"David Hildenbrand" <david@kernel.org>,
"Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
"Peter Xu" <peterx@redhat.com>,
"Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@mailo.com>,
qemu-rust@nongnu.org, "Alex Williamson" <alex@shazbot.org>,
"Cédric Le Goater" <clg@redhat.com>,
"Maciej S. Szmigiero" <maciej.szmigiero@oracle.com>,
"Fabiano Rosas" <farosas@suse.de>,
"Mark Kanda" <mark.kanda@oracle.com>,
"Ben Chaney" <bchaney@akamai.com>,
"Marcelo Tosatti" <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, "Zhao Liu" <zhao1.liu@intel.com>,
"Eric Blake" <eblake@redhat.com>,
"Markus Armbruster" <armbru@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 12/12] RFC: monitor: add 'info ramblock-attributes' command
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 13:28:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aiLO7ZQvowWHwK63@gallifrey> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260604-rdm5-v5-12-5768e6a0943d@redhat.com>
* Marc-André Lureau (marcandre.lureau@redhat.com) wrote:
> Add a new 'info ramblock-attributes' HMP command and the corresponding
> 'x-query-ramblock-attributes' QMP command to display the shared/private
> memory attributes for ram blocks.
>
> The QMP command returns structured data (RamBlockAttributesInfo list
> with per-range shared/populated attributes), while HMP formats it for
> human consumption.
>
> This is useful for debugging confidential guests (TDX, SNP) to inspect
> which memory regions are shared vs private, and their population state
> when a RamDiscardManager is present (e.g. virtio-mem).
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> ---
> qapi/machine.json | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/monitor/hmp.h | 1 +
> hw/core/machine-hmp-cmds.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
> system/ram-block-attributes.c | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> hmp-commands-info.hx | 13 ++++++++
> 5 files changed, 173 insertions(+)
>
<snip>
For HMP,
Acked-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dave@treblig.org>
however, you might consider whether it would be better to add it
to the existing "info ramblock"
Dave
> +void hmp_info_ramblock_attributes(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
> +{
> + Error *err = NULL;
> + g_autoptr(RamBlockAttributesInfoList) list = NULL;
> + RamBlockAttributesInfoList *it;
> +
> + list = qmp_x_query_ramblock_attributes(&err);
> + if (hmp_handle_error(mon, err)) {
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + for (it = list; it; it = it->next) {
> + RamBlockAttributesInfo *rba = it->value;
> + RamBlockAttributeRangeList *r;
> +
> + monitor_printf(mon, "%s:\n", rba->name);
> + for (r = rba->ranges; r; r = r->next) {
> + RamBlockAttributeRange *range = r->value;
> + const char *shared = range->shared ? "shared" : "private";
> + const char *pop = range->has_populated ?
> + (range->populated ? "+populated" : "-populated") : "";
> +
> + monitor_printf(mon,
> + " 0x%016" PRIx64 "-0x%016" PRIx64 " %s%s\n",
> + range->start,
> + range->start + range->length - 1,
> + shared, pop);
> + }
> + }
> +}
> diff --git a/system/ram-block-attributes.c b/system/ram-block-attributes.c
> index 59ec7a28eb0..fb657ffca35 100644
> --- a/system/ram-block-attributes.c
> +++ b/system/ram-block-attributes.c
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
>
> #include "qemu/osdep.h"
> #include "qemu/error-report.h"
> +#include "qapi/qapi-commands-machine.h"
> #include "system/ramblock.h"
> #include "trace.h"
>
> @@ -221,3 +222,73 @@ static void ram_block_attributes_class_init(ObjectClass *klass,
> rdsc->get_min_granularity = ram_block_attributes_rds_get_min_granularity;
> rdsc->is_populated = ram_block_attributes_rds_is_populated;
> }
> +
> +RamBlockAttributesInfoList *qmp_x_query_ramblock_attributes(Error **errp)
> +{
> + RamBlockAttributesInfoList *head = NULL, **tail = &head;
> + RAMBlock *block;
> + size_t rba_block_size = ram_block_attributes_get_block_size();
> +
> + RCU_READ_LOCK_GUARD();
> +
> + RAMBLOCK_FOREACH(block) {
> + RamBlockAttributesInfo *rba;
> + RamBlockAttributeRangeList **range_tail;
> + RamBlockAttributes *attr = block->attributes;
> + RamDiscardManager *rdm;
> + unsigned long pos;
> +
> + if (!attr) {
> + continue;
> + }
> +
> + rdm = memory_region_get_ram_discard_manager(block->mr);
> + g_assert(rdm);
> +
> + rba = g_new0(RamBlockAttributesInfo, 1);
> + rba->name = g_strdup(block->idstr);
> + range_tail = &rba->ranges;
> +
> + pos = 0;
> + while (pos < attr->bitmap_size) {
> + bool is_shared = test_bit(pos, attr->bitmap);
> + unsigned long next;
> + uint64_t start_offset, length;
> + RamBlockAttributeRange *range;
> +
> + if (is_shared) {
> + next = find_next_zero_bit(attr->bitmap,
> + attr->bitmap_size, pos);
> + } else {
> + next = find_next_bit(attr->bitmap,
> + attr->bitmap_size, pos);
> + }
> +
> + start_offset = (uint64_t)pos * rba_block_size;
> + length = (uint64_t)(next - pos) * rba_block_size;
> +
> + range = g_new0(RamBlockAttributeRange, 1);
> + range->start = start_offset;
> + range->length = length;
> + range->shared = is_shared;
> +
> + {
> + MemoryRegionSection section = {
> + .mr = block->mr,
> + .offset_within_region = start_offset,
> + .size = int128_make64(length),
> + };
> + range->has_populated = true;
> + range->populated =
> + ram_discard_manager_is_populated(rdm, §ion);
> + }
> +
> + QAPI_LIST_APPEND(range_tail, range);
> + pos = next;
> + }
> +
> + QAPI_LIST_APPEND(tail, rba);
> + }
> +
> + return head;
> +}
> diff --git a/hmp-commands-info.hx b/hmp-commands-info.hx
> index 82134eb6c21..f119b9cfebc 100644
> --- a/hmp-commands-info.hx
> +++ b/hmp-commands-info.hx
> @@ -761,6 +761,19 @@ SRST
> Dump all the ramblocks of the system.
> ERST
>
> + {
> + .name = "ramblock-attributes",
> + .args_type = "",
> + .params = "",
> + .help = "Display ramblock shared/private attributes",
> + .cmd = hmp_info_ramblock_attributes,
> + },
> +
> +SRST
> + ``info ramblock-attributes``
> + Display the shared/private memory attributes for ram blocks.
> +ERST
> +
> {
> .name = "hotpluggable-cpus",
> .args_type = "",
>
> --
> 2.54.0
>
--
-----Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code -------
/ Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux | Happy \
\ dave @ treblig.org | | In Hex /
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-05 13:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-04 13:43 [PATCH v5 00/12] Make RamDiscardManager work with multiple sources & virtio-mem Marc-André Lureau
2026-06-04 13:43 ` [PATCH v5 01/12] system/memory: split RamDiscardManager into source and manager Marc-André Lureau
2026-06-04 13:43 ` [PATCH v5 02/12] system/memory: move RamDiscardManager to separate compilation unit Marc-André Lureau
2026-06-04 13:43 ` [PATCH v5 03/12] system/memory: constify section arguments Marc-André Lureau
2026-06-05 11:16 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-08 12:48 ` Maciej S. Szmigiero
2026-06-04 13:43 ` [PATCH v5 04/12] system/ram-discard-manager: implement replay via is_populated iteration Marc-André Lureau
2026-06-05 12:00 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-04 13:43 ` [PATCH v5 05/12] virtio-mem: remove replay_populated/replay_discarded implementation Marc-André Lureau
2026-06-04 13:43 ` [PATCH v5 06/12] system/ram-discard-manager: drop replay from source interface Marc-André Lureau
2026-06-04 13:43 ` [PATCH v5 07/12] system/memory: implement RamDiscardManager multi-source aggregation Marc-André Lureau
2026-06-04 13:43 ` [PATCH v5 08/12] system/physmem: destroy ram block attributes before RCU-deferred reclaim Marc-André Lureau
2026-06-04 13:43 ` [PATCH v5 09/12] system/memory: add RamDiscardManager reference counting and cleanup Marc-André Lureau
2026-06-04 13:43 ` [PATCH v5 10/12] tests: add unit tests for RamDiscardManager multi-source aggregation Marc-André Lureau
2026-06-04 13:43 ` [PATCH v5 11/12] system/physmem: make ram_block_discard_range() handle guest_memfd Marc-André Lureau
2026-06-04 13:43 ` [PATCH v5 12/12] RFC: monitor: add 'info ramblock-attributes' command Marc-André Lureau
2026-06-05 13:28 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert [this message]
2026-06-08 13:36 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-06-08 13:30 ` Markus Armbruster
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