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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 08/27] hostmem-file: make option 'size' optional
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Eduardo Habkost |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 08/27] hostmem-file: make option 'size' optional |
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Mon, 31 Oct 2016 20:22:48 -0200 |
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Mutt/1.7.0 (2016-08-17) |
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 03:47:53PM -0400, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Eduardo Habkost" <address@hidden>
> > To: "Paolo Bonzini" <address@hidden>
> > Cc: address@hidden, "Haozhong Zhang" <address@hidden>
> > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 7:20:10 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 08/27] hostmem-file: make option 'size'
> > optional
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 03:37:24PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > [...]
> > > @@ -1309,21 +1317,27 @@ static void *file_ram_alloc(RAMBlock *block,
> > >
> > > file_size = get_file_size(fd);
> > >
> > > - if (memory < block->page_size) {
> > > + if (!mem_size && file_size > 0) {
> > > + mem_size = file_size;
> > > + memory_region_set_size(block->mr, mem_size);
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + if (mem_size < block->page_size) {
> > > error_setg(errp, "memory size 0x" RAM_ADDR_FMT " must be equal to
> > > "
> > > "or larger than page size 0x%zx",
> > > - memory, block->page_size);
> > > + mem_size, block->page_size);
> > > goto error;
> > > }
> > >
> > > - if (file_size > 0 && file_size < memory) {
> > > + if (file_size > 0 && file_size < mem_size) {
> > > error_setg(errp, "backing store %s size %"PRId64
> > > " does not match 'size' option %"PRIu64,
> > > - path, file_size, memory);
> > > + path, file_size, mem_size);
> > > goto error;
> > > }
> > >
> > > - memory = ROUND_UP(memory, block->page_size);
> > > + mem_size = ROUND_UP(mem_size, block->page_size);
> > > + *memory = mem_size;
> >
> > I suggested not touching *memory unless it was zero, and setting
> > it to the memory region size, not the rounded-up size. Haozhong
> > said this was going to be changed.
> >
> > This will have the side-effect of setting block->used_length and
> > block->max_length to the rounded up size in
> > qemu_ram_alloc_from_file() (instead of the original memory region
> > size). I don't know what could be the consequences of that.
> >
> > This patch also skip HOST_PAGE_ALIGN-ing mem_size after getting
> > the file size, which would be different from the behavior when
> > size is specified explicitly. (And I also don't know the
> > consequences of that)
> >
> > Considering that this pull request failed to build, I suggest
> > waiting for a new version from Haozhong.
>
> Yes, I'll drop these three patches.
I believe you can keep the other two (as long as the build error
is fixed). I was already going to include them in my pull
request, but removed them.
--
Eduardo
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 00/27] Misc patches for 2016-10-31, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 01/27] checkpatch: tweak "struct should normally be const" warning, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 03/27] qemu-error: remove dependency of stubs on monitor, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 02/27] nbd: Use CoQueue for free_sema instead of CoMutex, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 04/27] tests: send error_report to test log, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 06/27] exec.c: do not truncate non-empty memory backend file, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 05/27] exec.c: ensure all AddressSpaceDispatch updates under RCU, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 08/27] hostmem-file: make option 'size' optional, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 09/27] nbd: Add qemu-nbd -D for human-readable description, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 07/27] exec.c: check memory backend file size with 'size' option, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 11/27] nbd: Rename NBDRequest to NBDRequestData, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 10/27] nbd: Treat flags vs. command type as separate fields, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 12/27] nbd: Rename NbdClientSession to NBDClientSession, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 14/27] nbd: Share common reply-sending code in server, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 13/27] nbd: Rename struct nbd_request and nbd_reply, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 15/27] nbd: Send message along with server NBD_REP_ERR errors, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 17/27] nbd: Let server know when client gives up negotiation, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 19/27] nbd: Less allocation during NBD_OPT_LIST, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/10/31