The memory API

The memory API models the memory and I/O buses and controllers of a QEMU machine. It attempts to allow modelling of:

ordinary RAM
memory-mapped I/O (MMIO)
memory controllers that can dynamically reroute physical memory regions to different destinations

The memory model provides support for

tracking RAM changes by the guest
setting up coalesced memory for kvm
setting up ioeventfd regions for kvm

Memory is modelled as an acyclic graph of MemoryRegion objects. Sinks (leaves) are RAM and MMIO regions, while other nodes represent buses, memory controllers, and memory regions that have been rerouted.

In addition to MemoryRegion objects, the memory API provides AddressSpace objects for every root and possibly for intermediate MemoryRegions too. These represent memory as seen from the CPU or a device’s viewpoint.

Types of regions

There are multiple types of memory regions (all represented by a single C type MemoryRegion):

RAM: a RAM region is simply a range of host memory that can be made available to the guest. You typically initialize these with memory_region_init_ram(). Some special purposes require the variants memory_region_init_resizeable_ram(), memory_region_init_ram_from_file(), or memory_region_init_ram_ptr().
MMIO: a range of guest memory that is implemented by host callbacks; each read or write causes a callback to be called on the host. You initialize these with memory_region_init_io(), passing it a MemoryRegionOps structure describing the callbacks.
ROM: a ROM memory region works like RAM for reads (directly accessing a region of host memory), and forbids writes. You initialize these with memory_region_init_rom().
ROM device: a ROM device memory region works like RAM for reads (directly accessing a region of host memory), but like MMIO for writes (invoking a callback). You initialize these with memory_region_init_rom_device().
IOMMU region: an IOMMU region translates addresses of accesses made to it and forwards them to some other target memory region. As the name suggests, these are only needed for modelling an IOMMU, not for simple devices. You initialize these with memory_region_init_iommu().
container: a container simply includes other memory regions, each at a different offset. Containers are useful for grouping several regions into one unit. For example, a PCI BAR may be composed of a RAM region and an MMIO region.

A container’s subregions are usually non-overlapping. In some cases it is useful to have overlapping regions; for example a memory controller that can overlay a subregion of RAM with MMIO or ROM, or a PCI controller that does not prevent card from claiming overlapping BARs.

You initialize a pure container with memory_region_init().
alias: a subsection of another region. Aliases allow a region to be split apart into discontiguous regions. Examples of uses are memory banks used when the guest address space is smaller than the amount of RAM addressed, or a memory controller that splits main memory to expose a “PCI hole”. You can also create aliases to avoid trying to add the original region to multiple parents via memory_region_add_subregion.

Aliases may point to any type of region, including other aliases, but an alias may not point back to itself, directly or indirectly. You initialize these with memory_region_init_alias().
reservation region: a reservation region is primarily for debugging. It claims I/O space that is not supposed to be handled by QEMU itself. The typical use is to track parts of the address space which will be handled by the host kernel when KVM is enabled. You initialize these by passing a NULL callback parameter to memory_region_init_io().

It is valid to add subregions to a region which is not a pure container (that is, to an MMIO, RAM or ROM region). This means that the region will act like a container, except that any addresses within the container’s region which are not claimed by any subregion are handled by the container itself (ie by its MMIO callbacks or RAM backing). However it is generally possible to achieve the same effect with a pure container one of whose subregions is a low priority “background” region covering the whole address range; this is often clearer and is preferred. Subregions cannot be added to an alias region.

Migration

Where the memory region is backed by host memory (RAM, ROM and ROM device memory region types), this host memory needs to be copied to the destination on migration. These APIs which allocate the host memory for you will also register the memory so it is migrated:

memory_region_init_ram()
memory_region_init_rom()
memory_region_init_rom_device()

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()
memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate()
memory_region_init_rom_device_nomigrate()

which only initialize the MemoryRegion and leave handling migration to the caller.

The functions:

memory_region_init_resizeable_ram()
memory_region_init_ram_from_file()
memory_region_init_ram_from_fd()
memory_region_init_ram_ptr()
memory_region_init_ram_device_ptr()

are for special cases only, and so they do not automatically register the backing memory for migration; the caller must manage migration if necessary.

Region names

Regions are assigned names by the constructor. For most regions these are only used for debugging purposes, but RAM regions also use the name to identify live migration sections. This means that RAM region names need to have ABI stability.

Region lifecycle

A region is created by one of the memory_region_init*() functions and attached to an object, which acts as its owner or parent. QEMU ensures that the owner object remains alive as long as the region is visible to the guest, or as long as the region is in use by a virtual CPU or another device. For example, the owner object will not die between an address_space_map operation and the corresponding address_space_unmap.

After creation, a region can be added to an address space or a container with memory_region_add_subregion(), and removed using memory_region_del_subregion().

Various region attributes (read-only, dirty logging, coalesced mmio, ioeventfd) can be changed during the region lifecycle. They take effect as soon as the region is made visible. This can be immediately, later, or never.

Destruction of a memory region happens automatically when the owner object dies.

If however the memory region is part of a dynamically allocated data structure, you should call object_unparent() to destroy the memory region before the data structure is freed. For an example see VFIOMSIXInfo and VFIOQuirk in hw/vfio/pci.c.

You must not destroy a memory region as long as it may be in use by a device or CPU. In order to do this, as a general rule do not create or destroy memory regions dynamically during a device’s lifetime, and only call object_unparent() in the memory region owner’s instance_finalize callback. The dynamically allocated data structure that contains the memory region then should obviously be freed in the instance_finalize callback as well.

If you break this rule, the following situation can happen:

the memory region’s owner had a reference taken via memory_region_ref (for example by address_space_map)
the region is unparented, and has no owner anymore
when address_space_unmap is called, the reference to the memory region’s owner is leaked.

There is an exception to the above rule: it is okay to call object_unparent at any time for an alias or a container region. It is therefore also okay to create or destroy alias and container regions dynamically during a device’s lifetime.

This exceptional usage is valid because aliases and containers only help QEMU building the guest’s memory map; they are never accessed directly. memory_region_ref and memory_region_unref are never called on aliases or containers, and the above situation then cannot happen. Exploiting this exception is rarely necessary, and therefore it is discouraged, but nevertheless it is used in a few places.

For regions that “have no owner” (NULL is passed at creation time), the machine object is actually used as the owner. Since instance_finalize is never called for the machine object, you must never call object_unparent on regions that have no owner, unless they are aliases or containers.

Overlapping regions and priority

Usually, regions may not overlap each other; a memory address decodes into exactly one target. In some cases it is useful to allow regions to overlap, and sometimes to control which of an overlapping regions is visible to the guest. This is done with memory_region_add_subregion_overlap(), which allows the region to overlap any other region in the same container, and specifies a priority that allows the core to decide which of two regions at the same address are visible (highest wins). Priority values are signed, and the default value is zero. This means that you can use memory_region_add_subregion_overlap() both to specify a region that must sit ‘above’ any others (with a positive priority) and also a background region that sits ‘below’ others (with a negative priority).

If the higher priority region in an overlap is a container or alias, then the lower priority region will appear in any “holes” that the higher priority region has left by not mapping subregions to that area of its address range. (This applies recursively – if the subregions are themselves containers or aliases that leave holes then the lower priority region will appear in these holes too.)

For example, suppose we have a container A of size 0x8000 with two subregions B and C. B is a container mapped at 0x2000, size 0x4000, priority 2; C is an MMIO region mapped at 0x0, size 0x6000, priority 1. B currently has two of its own subregions: D of size 0x1000 at offset 0 and E of size 0x1000 at offset 0x2000. As a diagram:

      0      1000   2000   3000   4000   5000   6000   7000   8000
      |------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
A:    [                                                      ]
C:    [CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC]
B:                  [                          ]
D:                  [DDDDD]
E:                                [EEEEE]

The regions that will be seen within this address range then are:

[CCCCCCCCCCCC][DDDDD][CCCCC][EEEEE][CCCCC]

Since B has higher priority than C, its subregions appear in the flat map even where they overlap with C. In ranges where B has not mapped anything C’s region appears.

If B had provided its own MMIO operations (ie it was not a pure container) then these would be used for any addresses in its range not handled by D or E, and the result would be:

[CCCCCCCCCCCC][DDDDD][BBBBB][EEEEE][BBBBB]

Priority values are local to a container, because the priorities of two regions are only compared when they are both children of the same container. This means that the device in charge of the container (typically modelling a bus or a memory controller) can use them to manage the interaction of its child regions without any side effects on other parts of the system. In the example above, the priorities of D and E are unimportant because they do not overlap each other. It is the relative priority of B and C that causes D and E to appear on top of C: D and E’s priorities are never compared against the priority of C.

Visibility

The memory core uses the following rules to select a memory region when the guest accesses an address:

all direct subregions of the root region are matched against the address, in descending priority order
- if the address lies outside the region offset/size, the subregion is discarded
- if the subregion is a leaf (RAM or MMIO), the search terminates, returning this leaf region
- if the subregion is a container, the same algorithm is used within the subregion (after the address is adjusted by the subregion offset)
- if the subregion is an alias, the search is continued at the alias target (after the address is adjusted by the subregion offset and alias offset)
- if a recursive search within a container or alias subregion does not find a match (because of a “hole” in the container’s coverage of its address range), then if this is a container with its own MMIO or RAM backing the search terminates, returning the container itself. Otherwise we continue with the next subregion in priority order
if none of the subregions match the address then the search terminates with no match found

Example memory map

system_memory: container@0-2^48-1
 |
 +---- lomem: alias@0-0xdfffffff ---> #ram (0-0xdfffffff)
 |
 +---- himem: alias@0x100000000-0x11fffffff ---> #ram (0xe0000000-0xffffffff)
 |
 +---- vga-window: alias@0xa0000-0xbffff ---> #pci (0xa0000-0xbffff)
 |      (prio 1)
 |
 +---- pci-hole: alias@0xe0000000-0xffffffff ---> #pci (0xe0000000-0xffffffff)

pci (0-2^32-1)
 |
 +--- vga-area: container@0xa0000-0xbffff
 |      |
 |      +--- alias@0x00000-0x7fff  ---> #vram (0x010000-0x017fff)
 |      |
 |      +--- alias@0x08000-0xffff  ---> #vram (0x020000-0x027fff)
 |
 +---- vram: ram@0xe1000000-0xe1ffffff
 |
 +---- vga-mmio: mmio@0xe2000000-0xe200ffff

ram: ram@0x00000000-0xffffffff

This is a (simplified) PC memory map. The 4GB RAM block is mapped into the system address space via two aliases: “lomem” is a 1:1 mapping of the first 3.5GB; “himem” maps the last 0.5GB at address 4GB. This leaves 0.5GB for the so-called PCI hole, that allows a 32-bit PCI bus to exist in a system with 4GB of memory.

The memory controller diverts addresses in the range 640K-768K to the PCI address space. This is modelled using the “vga-window” alias, mapped at a higher priority so it obscures the RAM at the same addresses. The vga window can be removed by programming the memory controller; this is modelled by removing the alias and exposing the RAM underneath.

The pci address space is not a direct child of the system address space, since we only want parts of it to be visible (we accomplish this using aliases). It has two subregions: vga-area models the legacy vga window and is occupied by two 32K memory banks pointing at two sections of the framebuffer. In addition the vram is mapped as a BAR at address e1000000, and an additional BAR containing MMIO registers is mapped after it.

Note that if the guest maps a BAR outside the PCI hole, it would not be visible as the pci-hole alias clips it to a 0.5GB range.

MMIO Operations

MMIO regions are provided with ->read() and ->write() callbacks, which are sufficient for most devices. Some devices change behaviour based on the attributes used for the memory transaction, or need to be able to respond that the access should provoke a bus error rather than completing successfully; those devices can use the ->read_with_attrs() and ->write_with_attrs() callbacks instead.

In addition various constraints can be supplied to control how these callbacks are called:

.valid.min_access_size, .valid.max_access_size define the access sizes (in bytes) which the device accepts; accesses outside this range will have device and bus specific behaviour (ignored, or machine check)
.valid.unaligned specifies that the device being modelled supports unaligned accesses; if false, unaligned accesses will invoke the appropriate bus or CPU specific behaviour.
.impl.min_access_size, .impl.max_access_size define the access sizes (in bytes) supported by the implementation; other access sizes will be emulated using the ones available. For example a 4-byte write will be emulated using four 1-byte writes, if .impl.max_access_size = 1.
.impl.unaligned specifies that the implementation supports unaligned accesses; if false, unaligned accesses will be emulated by two aligned accesses.

API Reference

struct MemoryRegionSection: describes a fragment of a MemoryRegion

Definition

struct MemoryRegionSection {
  Int128 size;
  MemoryRegion *mr;
  FlatView *fv;
  hwaddr offset_within_region;
  hwaddr offset_within_address_space;
  bool readonly;
  bool nonvolatile;
  bool unmergeable;
};

Members

size: the size of the section; will not exceed mr’s boundaries
mr: the region, or NULL if empty
fv: the flat view of the address space the region is mapped in
offset_within_region: the beginning of the section, relative to mr’s start
offset_within_address_space: the address of the first byte of the section 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

bool memory_get_xlat_addr(IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb, void **vaddr, ram_addr_t *ram_addr, bool *read_only, bool *mr_has_discard_manager, Error **errp): Extract addresses from a TLB entry

Parameters

IOMMUTLBEntry *iotlb: pointer to an IOMMUTLBEntry
void **vaddr: virtual address
ram_addr_t *ram_addr: RAM address
bool *read_only: indicates if writes are allowed
bool *mr_has_discard_manager: indicates memory is controlled by a RamDiscardManager
Error **errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.

Return

true on success, else false setting errp with error.

struct MemoryListener: callbacks structure for updates to the physical memory map

Definition

struct MemoryListener {
  void (*begin)(MemoryListener *listener);
  void (*commit)(MemoryListener *listener);
  void (*region_add)(MemoryListener *listener, MemoryRegionSection *section);
  void (*region_del)(MemoryListener *listener, MemoryRegionSection *section);
  void (*region_nop)(MemoryListener *listener, MemoryRegionSection *section);
  void (*log_start)(MemoryListener *listener, MemoryRegionSection *section, int old_val, int new_val);
  void (*log_stop)(MemoryListener *listener, MemoryRegionSection *section, int old_val, int new_val);
  void (*log_sync)(MemoryListener *listener, MemoryRegionSection *section);
  void (*log_sync_global)(MemoryListener *listener, bool last_stage);
  void (*log_clear)(MemoryListener *listener, MemoryRegionSection *section);
  bool (*log_global_start)(MemoryListener *listener, Error **errp);
  void (*log_global_stop)(MemoryListener *listener);
  void (*log_global_after_sync)(MemoryListener *listener);
  void (*eventfd_add)(MemoryListener *listener, MemoryRegionSection *section, bool match_data, uint64_t data, EventNotifier *e);
  void (*eventfd_del)(MemoryListener *listener, MemoryRegionSection *section, bool match_data, uint64_t data, EventNotifier *e);
  void (*coalesced_io_add)(MemoryListener *listener, MemoryRegionSection *section, hwaddr addr, hwaddr len);
  void (*coalesced_io_del)(MemoryListener *listener, MemoryRegionSection *section, hwaddr addr, hwaddr len);
  unsigned priority;
  const char *name;
};

Members

begin

Called at the beginning of an address space update transaction. Followed by calls to MemoryListener.region_add(), MemoryListener.region_del(), MemoryListener.region_nop(), MemoryListener.log_start() and MemoryListener.log_stop() in increasing address order.

listener: The MemoryListener.

commit

Called at the end of an address space update transaction, after the last call to MemoryListener.region_add(), MemoryListener.region_del() or MemoryListener.region_nop(), MemoryListener.log_start() and MemoryListener.log_stop().

listener: The MemoryListener.

region_add

Called during an address space update transaction, for a section of the address space that is new in this address space space since the last transaction.

listener: The MemoryListener. section: The new MemoryRegionSection.

region_del

Called during an address space update transaction, for a section of the address space that has disappeared in the address space since the last transaction.

listener: The MemoryListener. section: The old MemoryRegionSection.

region_nop

Called during an address space update transaction, for a section of the address space that is in the same place in the address space as in the last transaction.

listener: The MemoryListener. section: The MemoryRegionSection.

log_start

Called during an address space update transaction, after one of MemoryListener.region_add(), MemoryListener.region_del() or MemoryListener.region_nop(), if dirty memory logging clients have become active since the last transaction.

listener: The MemoryListener. section: The MemoryRegionSection. old: A bitmap of dirty memory logging clients that were active in the previous transaction. new: A bitmap of dirty memory logging clients that are active in the current transaction.

log_stop

Called during an address space update transaction, after one of MemoryListener.region_add(), MemoryListener.region_del() or MemoryListener.region_nop() and possibly after MemoryListener.log_start(), if dirty memory logging clients have become inactive since the last transaction.

log_sync

Called by memory_region_snapshot_and_clear_dirty() and memory_global_dirty_log_sync(), before accessing QEMU’s “official” copy of the dirty memory bitmap for a MemoryRegionSection.

listener: The MemoryListener. section: The MemoryRegionSection.

log_sync_global

This is the global version of log_sync when the listener does not have a way to synchronize the log with finer granularity. When the listener registers with log_sync_global defined, then its log_sync must be NULL. Vice versa.

listener: The MemoryListener. last_stage: The last stage to synchronize the log during migration. The caller should guarantee that the synchronization with true for last_stage is triggered for once after all VCPUs have been stopped.

log_clear

Called before reading the dirty memory bitmap for a MemoryRegionSection.

listener: The MemoryListener. section: The MemoryRegionSection.

log_global_start

Called by memory_global_dirty_log_start(), which enables the DIRTY_LOG_MIGRATION client on all memory regions in the address space. MemoryListener.log_global_start() is also called when a MemoryListener is added, if global dirty logging is active at that time.

listener: The MemoryListener. errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.

Return: true on success, else false setting errp with error.

log_global_stop

Called by memory_global_dirty_log_stop(), which disables the DIRTY_LOG_MIGRATION client on all memory regions in the address space.

listener: The MemoryListener.

log_global_after_sync

Called after reading the dirty memory bitmap for any MemoryRegionSection.

listener: The MemoryListener.

eventfd_add

Called during an address space update transaction, for a section of the address space that has had a new ioeventfd registration since the last transaction.

listener: The MemoryListener. section: The new MemoryRegionSection. match_data: The match_data parameter for the new ioeventfd. data: The data parameter for the new ioeventfd. e: The EventNotifier parameter for the new ioeventfd.

eventfd_del

Called during an address space update transaction, for a section of the address space that has dropped an ioeventfd registration since the last transaction.

listener: The MemoryListener. section: The new MemoryRegionSection. match_data: The match_data parameter for the dropped ioeventfd. data: The data parameter for the dropped ioeventfd. e: The EventNotifier parameter for the dropped ioeventfd.

coalesced_io_add

Called during an address space update transaction, for a section of the address space that has had a new coalesced MMIO range registration since the last transaction.

listener: The MemoryListener. section: The new MemoryRegionSection. addr: The starting address for the coalesced MMIO range. len: The length of the coalesced MMIO range.

coalesced_io_del

Called during an address space update transaction, for a section of the address space that has dropped a coalesced MMIO range since the last transaction.

listener: The MemoryListener. section: The new MemoryRegionSection. addr: The starting address for the coalesced MMIO range. len: The length of the coalesced MMIO range.

priority

Govern the order in which memory listeners are invoked. Lower priorities are invoked earlier for “add” or “start” callbacks, and later for “delete” or “stop” callbacks.

name

Name of the listener. It can be used in contexts where we’d like to identify one memory listener with the rest.

Description

Allows a component to adjust to changes in the guest-visible memory map. Use with memory_listener_register() and memory_listener_unregister().

struct AddressSpace: describes a mapping of addresses to MemoryRegion objects

Definition

struct AddressSpace {
};

Members

flatview_cb: Typedef: callback for flatview_for_each_range()

Syntax

bool flatview_cb (Int128 start, Int128 len, const MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr offset_in_region, void *opaque)

Parameters

Int128 start: start address of the range within the FlatView
Int128 len: length of the range in bytes
const MemoryRegion *mr: MemoryRegion covering this range
hwaddr offset_in_region: offset of the first byte of the range within mr
void *opaque: data pointer passed to flatview_for_each_range()

Return

true to stop the iteration, false to keep going.

void flatview_for_each_range(FlatView *fv, flatview_cb cb, void *opaque): Iterate through a FlatView

Parameters

FlatView *fv: the FlatView to iterate through
flatview_cb cb: function to call for each range
void *opaque: opaque data pointer to pass to cb

Description

A FlatView is made up of a list of non-overlapping ranges, each of which is a slice of a MemoryRegion. This function iterates through each range in fv, calling cb. The callback function can terminate iteration early by returning ‘true’.

MemoryRegionSection *memory_region_section_new_copy(MemoryRegionSection *s): Copy a memory region section

Parameters

MemoryRegionSection *s: the MemoryRegionSection to copy

Description

Allocate memory for a new copy, copy the memory region section, and properly take a reference on all relevant members.

void memory_region_section_free_copy(MemoryRegionSection *s): Free a copied memory region section

Parameters

MemoryRegionSection *s: the MemoryRegionSection to copy

Description

Free a copy of a memory section created via memory_region_section_new_copy(). properly dropping references on all relevant members.

void memory_region_init(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner, const char *name, uint64_t size): Initialize a memory region

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion to be initialized
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count
const char *name: used for debugging; not visible to the user or ABI
uint64_t size: size of the region; any subregions beyond this size will be clipped

Description

The region typically acts as a container for other memory regions. Use memory_region_add_subregion() to add subregions.

void memory_region_ref(MemoryRegion *mr): Add 1 to a memory region’s reference count

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion

Description

Whenever memory regions are accessed outside the BQL, they need to be preserved against hot-unplug. MemoryRegions actually do not have their own reference count; they piggyback on a QOM object, their “owner”. This function adds a reference to the owner.

All MemoryRegions must have an owner if they can disappear, even if the device they belong to operates exclusively under the BQL. This is because the region could be returned at any time by memory_region_find, and this is usually under guest control.

void memory_region_unref(MemoryRegion *mr): Remove 1 to a memory region’s reference count

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion

Description

void memory_region_init_io(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner, const MemoryRegionOps *ops, void *opaque, const char *name, uint64_t size): Initialize an I/O memory region.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion to be initialized.
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count
const MemoryRegionOps *ops: a structure containing read and write callbacks to be used when I/O is performed on the region.
void *opaque: passed to the read and write callbacks of the ops structure.
const char *name: used for debugging; not visible to the user or ABI
uint64_t size: size of the region.

Description

Accesses into the region will cause the callbacks in ops to be called. if size is nonzero, subregions will be clipped to size.

bool memory_region_init_ram_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner, const char *name, uint64_t size, Error **errp): Initialize RAM memory region. Accesses into the region will modify memory directly.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion to be initialized.
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count
const char *name: Region name, becomes part of RAMBlock name used in migration stream must be unique within any device
uint64_t size: size of the region.
Error **errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.

Description

Note that this function does not do anything to cause the data in the RAM memory region to be migrated; that is the responsibility of the caller.

Return

true on success, else false setting errp with error.

bool memory_region_init_ram_flags_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner, const char *name, uint64_t size, uint32_t ram_flags, Error **errp): Initialize RAM memory region. Accesses into the region will modify memory directly.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion to be initialized.
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count
const char *name: Region name, becomes part of RAMBlock name used in migration stream must be unique within any device
uint64_t size: size of the region.
uint32_t ram_flags: RamBlock flags. Supported flags: RAM_SHARED, RAM_NORESERVE, RAM_GUEST_MEMFD.
Error **errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.

Description

Note that this function does not do anything to cause the data in the RAM memory region to be migrated; that is the responsibility of the caller.

Return

true on success, else false setting errp with error.

bool memory_region_init_resizeable_ram(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner, const char *name, uint64_t size, uint64_t max_size, void (*resized)(const char*, uint64_t length, void *host), Error **errp): Initialize memory region with resizable RAM. Accesses into the region will modify memory directly. Only an initial portion of this RAM is actually used. Changing the size while migrating can result in the migration being canceled.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion to be initialized.
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count
const char *name: Region name, becomes part of RAMBlock name used in migration stream must be unique within any device
uint64_t size: used size of the region.
uint64_t max_size: max size of the region.
void (*resized)(const char*, uint64_t length, void *host): callback to notify owner about used size change.
Error **errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.

Description

Note that this function does not do anything to cause the data in the RAM memory region to be migrated; that is the responsibility of the caller.

Return

true on success, else false setting errp with error.

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): Initialize RAM memory region with a mmap-ed backend.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion to be initialized.
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count
const char *name: Region name, becomes part of RAMBlock name used in migration stream must be unique within any device
uint64_t size: size of the region.
uint64_t align: alignment of the region base address; if 0, the default alignment (getpagesize()) will be used.
uint32_t ram_flags: RamBlock flags. Supported flags: RAM_SHARED, RAM_PMEM, RAM_NORESERVE, RAM_PROTECTED, RAM_NAMED_FILE, RAM_READONLY, RAM_READONLY_FD, RAM_GUEST_MEMFD
const char *path: the path in which to allocate the RAM.
ram_addr_t offset: offset within the file referenced by path
Error **errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.

Description

Note that this function does not do anything to cause the data in the RAM memory region to be migrated; that is the responsibility of the caller.

Return

true on success, else false setting errp with error.

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): Initialize RAM memory region with a mmap-ed backend.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion to be initialized.
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count
const char *name: the name of the region.
uint64_t size: size of the region.
uint32_t ram_flags: RamBlock flags. Supported flags: RAM_SHARED, RAM_PMEM, RAM_NORESERVE, RAM_PROTECTED, RAM_NAMED_FILE, RAM_READONLY, RAM_READONLY_FD, RAM_GUEST_MEMFD
int fd: the fd to mmap.
ram_addr_t offset: offset within the file referenced by fd
Error **errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.

Description

Note that this function does not do anything to cause the data in the RAM memory region to be migrated; that is the responsibility of the caller.

Return

true on success, else false setting errp with error.

void memory_region_init_ram_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner, const char *name, uint64_t size, void *ptr): Initialize RAM memory region from a user-provided pointer. Accesses into the region will modify memory directly.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion to be initialized.
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count
const char *name: Region name, becomes part of RAMBlock name used in migration stream must be unique within any device
uint64_t size: size of the region.
void *ptr: memory to be mapped; must contain at least size bytes.

Description

Note that this function does not do anything to cause the data in the RAM memory region to be migrated; that is the responsibility of the caller.

void memory_region_init_ram_device_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner, const char *name, uint64_t size, void *ptr): Initialize RAM device memory region from a user-provided pointer.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion to be initialized.
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count
const char *name: the name of the region.
uint64_t size: size of the region.
void *ptr: memory to be mapped; must contain at least size bytes.

Description

A RAM device represents a mapping to a physical device, such as to a PCI MMIO BAR of an vfio-pci assigned device. The memory region may be mapped into the VM address space and access to the region will modify memory directly. However, the memory region should not be included in a memory dump (device may not be enabled/mapped at the time of the dump), and operations incompatible with manipulating MMIO should be avoided. Replaces skip_dump flag.

Note that this function does not do anything to cause the data in the RAM memory region to be migrated; that is the responsibility of the caller. (For RAM device memory regions, migrating the contents rarely makes sense.)

void memory_region_init_alias(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner, const char *name, MemoryRegion *orig, hwaddr offset, uint64_t size): Initialize a memory region that aliases all or a part of another memory region.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion to be initialized.
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count
const char *name: used for debugging; not visible to the user or ABI
MemoryRegion *orig: the region to be referenced; mr will be equivalent to orig between offset and offset + size - 1.
hwaddr offset: start of the section in orig to be referenced.
uint64_t size: size of the region.

bool memory_region_init_rom_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner, const char *name, uint64_t size, Error **errp): Initialize a ROM memory region.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion to be initialized.
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count
const char *name: Region name, becomes part of RAMBlock name used in migration stream must be unique within any device
uint64_t size: size of the region.
Error **errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.

Description

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.

Return

true on success, else false setting errp with error.

bool memory_region_init_rom_device_nomigrate(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner, const MemoryRegionOps *ops, void *opaque, const char *name, uint64_t size, Error **errp): Initialize a ROM memory region. Writes are handled via callbacks.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion to be initialized.
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count
const MemoryRegionOps *ops: callbacks for write access handling (must not be NULL).
void *opaque: passed to the read and write callbacks of the ops structure.
const char *name: Region name, becomes part of RAMBlock name used in migration stream must be unique within any device
uint64_t size: size of the region.
Error **errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.

Description

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.

Return

true on success, else false setting errp with error.

void memory_region_init_iommu(void *_iommu_mr, size_t instance_size, const char *mrtypename, Object *owner, const char *name, uint64_t size): Initialize a memory region of a custom type that translates addresses

Parameters

void *_iommu_mr: the IOMMUMemoryRegion to be initialized
size_t instance_size: the IOMMUMemoryRegion subclass instance size
const char *mrtypename: the type name of the IOMMUMemoryRegion
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count
const char *name: used for debugging; not visible to the user or ABI
uint64_t size: size of the region.

Description

An IOMMU region translates addresses and forwards accesses to a target memory region.

The IOMMU implementation must define a subclass of TYPE_IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION. _iommu_mr should be a pointer to enough memory for an instance of that subclass, instance_size is the size of that subclass, and mrtypename is its name. This function will initialize _iommu_mr as an instance of the subclass, and its methods will then be called to handle accesses to the memory region. See the documentation of IOMMUMemoryRegionClass for further details.

bool memory_region_init_ram(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner, const char *name, uint64_t size, Error **errp): Initialize RAM memory region. Accesses into the region will modify memory directly.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion to be initialized
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count (must be TYPE_DEVICE or a subclass of TYPE_DEVICE, or NULL)
const char *name: name of the memory region
uint64_t size: size of the region in bytes
Error **errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.

Description

This function allocates RAM for a board model or device, and arranges for it to be migrated (by calling vmstate_register_ram() if owner is a DeviceState, or vmstate_register_ram_global() if owner is NULL).

TODO: Currently we restrict owner to being either NULL (for global RAM regions with no owner) or devices, so that we can give the RAM block a unique name for migration purposes. We should lift this restriction and allow arbitrary Objects. If you pass a non-NULL non-device owner then we will assert.

Return

true on success, else false setting errp with error.

bool memory_region_init_rom(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner, const char *name, uint64_t size, Error **errp): Initialize a ROM memory region.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion to be initialized.
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count
const char *name: Region name, becomes part of RAMBlock name used in migration stream must be unique within any device
uint64_t size: size of the region.
Error **errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.

Description

This has the same effect as calling memory_region_init_ram() and then marking the resulting region read-only with memory_region_set_readonly(). This includes arranging for the contents to be migrated.

Return

true on success, else false setting errp with error.

bool memory_region_init_rom_device(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner, const MemoryRegionOps *ops, void *opaque, const char *name, uint64_t size, Error **errp): Initialize a ROM memory region. Writes are handled via callbacks.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion to be initialized.
Object *owner: the object that tracks the region’s reference count
const MemoryRegionOps *ops: callbacks for write access handling (must not be NULL).
void *opaque: passed to the read and write callbacks of the ops structure.
const char *name: Region name, becomes part of RAMBlock name used in migration stream must be unique within any device
uint64_t size: size of the region.
Error **errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.

Description

This function initializes a memory region backed by RAM for reads and callbacks for writes, and arranges for the RAM backing to be migrated (by calling vmstate_register_ram() if owner is a DeviceState, or vmstate_register_ram_global() if owner is NULL).

Return

true on success, else false setting errp with error.

Object *memory_region_owner(MemoryRegion *mr): get a memory region’s owner.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried.

uint64_t memory_region_size(MemoryRegion *mr): get a memory region’s size.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried.

bool memory_region_is_ram(MemoryRegion *mr): check whether a memory region is random access

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried

Description

Returns true if a memory region is random access.

bool memory_region_is_ram_device(MemoryRegion *mr): check whether a memory region is a ram device

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried

Description

Returns true if a memory region is a device backed ram region

bool memory_region_is_romd(MemoryRegion *mr): check whether a memory region is in ROMD mode

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried

Description

Returns true if a memory region is a ROM device and currently set to allow direct reads.

bool memory_region_is_protected(MemoryRegion *mr): check whether a memory region is protected

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried

Description

Returns true if a memory region is protected RAM and cannot be accessed via standard mechanisms, e.g. DMA.

bool memory_region_has_guest_memfd(MemoryRegion *mr): check whether a memory region has guest_memfd associated

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried

Description

Returns true if a memory region’s ram_block has valid guest_memfd assigned.

IOMMUMemoryRegion *memory_region_get_iommu(MemoryRegion *mr): check whether a memory region is an iommu

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried

Description

Returns pointer to IOMMUMemoryRegion if a memory region is an iommu, otherwise NULL.

IOMMUMemoryRegionClass *memory_region_get_iommu_class_nocheck(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr): returns iommu memory region class if an iommu or NULL if not

Parameters

IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr: the memory region being queried

Description

Returns pointer to IOMMUMemoryRegionClass if a memory region is an iommu, otherwise NULL. This is fast path avoiding QOM checking, use with caution.

uint64_t memory_region_iommu_get_min_page_size(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr): get minimum supported page size for an iommu

Parameters

IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr: the memory region being queried

Description

Returns minimum supported page size for an iommu.

void memory_region_notify_iommu(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr, int iommu_idx, const IOMMUTLBEvent event): notify a change in an IOMMU translation entry.

Parameters

IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr: the memory region that was changed
int iommu_idx: the IOMMU index for the translation table which has changed
const IOMMUTLBEvent event: TLB event with the new entry in the IOMMU translation table. The entry replaces all old entries for the same virtual I/O address range.

Note

for any IOMMU implementation, an in-place mapping change should be notified with an UNMAP followed by a MAP.

void memory_region_notify_iommu_one(IOMMUNotifier *notifier, const IOMMUTLBEvent *event): notify a change in an IOMMU translation entry to a single notifier

Parameters

IOMMUNotifier *notifier: the notifier to be notified
const IOMMUTLBEvent *event: TLB event with the new entry in the IOMMU translation table. The entry replaces all old entries for the same virtual I/O address range.

Description

This works just like memory_region_notify_iommu(), but it only notifies a specific notifier, not all of them.

void memory_region_unmap_iommu_notifier_range(IOMMUNotifier *notifier): notify a unmap for an IOMMU translation that covers the range of a notifier

Parameters

IOMMUNotifier *notifier: the notifier to be notified

int memory_region_register_iommu_notifier(MemoryRegion *mr, IOMMUNotifier *n, Error **errp): register a notifier for changes to IOMMU translation entries.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region to observe
IOMMUNotifier *n: the IOMMUNotifier to be added; the notify callback receives a pointer to an IOMMUTLBEntry as the opaque value; the pointer ceases to be valid on exit from the notifier.
Error **errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.

Description

Returns 0 on success, or a negative errno otherwise. In particular, -EINVAL indicates that at least one of the attributes of the notifier is not supported (flag/range) by the IOMMU memory region. In case of error the error object must be created.

void memory_region_iommu_replay(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr, IOMMUNotifier *n): replay existing IOMMU translations to a notifier with the minimum page granularity returned by mr->iommu_ops->get_page_size().

Parameters

IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr: the memory region to observe
IOMMUNotifier *n: the notifier to which to replay iommu mappings

Note

this is not related to record-and-replay functionality.

void memory_region_unregister_iommu_notifier(MemoryRegion *mr, IOMMUNotifier *n): unregister a notifier for changes to IOMMU translation entries.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region which was observed and for which notity_stopped() needs to be called
IOMMUNotifier *n: the notifier to be removed.

int memory_region_iommu_get_attr(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr, enum IOMMUMemoryRegionAttr attr, void *data): return an IOMMU attr if get_attr() is defined on the IOMMU.

Parameters

IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr: the memory region
enum IOMMUMemoryRegionAttr attr: the requested attribute
void *data: a pointer to the requested attribute data

Description

Returns 0 on success, or a negative errno otherwise. In particular, -EINVAL indicates that the IOMMU does not support the requested attribute.

int memory_region_iommu_attrs_to_index(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr, MemTxAttrs attrs): return the IOMMU index to use for translations with the given memory transaction attributes.

Parameters

IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr: the memory region
MemTxAttrs attrs: the memory transaction attributes

int memory_region_iommu_num_indexes(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr): return the total number of IOMMU indexes that this IOMMU supports.

Parameters

IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr: the memory region

int memory_region_iommu_set_page_size_mask(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr, uint64_t page_size_mask, Error **errp): set the supported page sizes for a given IOMMU memory region

Parameters

IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr: IOMMU memory region
uint64_t page_size_mask: supported page size mask
Error **errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.

const char *memory_region_name(const MemoryRegion *mr): get a memory region’s name

Parameters

const MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried

Description

Returns the string that was used to initialize the memory region.

bool memory_region_is_logging(MemoryRegion *mr, uint8_t client): return whether a memory region is logging writes

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried
uint8_t client: the client being queried

Description

Returns true if the memory region is logging writes for the given client

uint8_t memory_region_get_dirty_log_mask(MemoryRegion *mr): return the clients for which a memory region is logging writes.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried

Description

Returns a bitmap of clients, in which the DIRTY_MEMORY_* constants are the bit indices.

bool memory_region_is_rom(MemoryRegion *mr): check whether a memory region is ROM

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried

Description

Returns true if a memory region is read-only memory.

bool memory_region_is_nonvolatile(MemoryRegion *mr): check whether a memory region is non-volatile

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried

Description

Returns true is a memory region is non-volatile memory.

int memory_region_get_fd(MemoryRegion *mr): Get a file descriptor backing a RAM memory region.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the RAM or alias memory region being queried.

Description

Returns a file descriptor backing a file-based RAM memory region, or -1 if the region is not a file-based RAM memory region.

MemoryRegion *memory_region_from_host(void *ptr, ram_addr_t *offset): Convert a pointer into a RAM memory region and an offset within it.

Parameters

void *ptr: the host pointer to be converted
ram_addr_t *offset: the offset within memory region

Description

Given a host pointer inside a RAM memory region (created with memory_region_init_ram() or memory_region_init_ram_ptr()), return the MemoryRegion and the offset within it.

Use with care; by the time this function returns, the returned pointer is not protected by RCU anymore. If the caller is not within an RCU critical section and does not hold the BQL, it must have other means of protecting the pointer, such as a reference to the region that includes the incoming ram_addr_t.

void *memory_region_get_ram_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr): Get a pointer into a RAM memory region.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried.

Description

Returns a host pointer to a RAM memory region (created with memory_region_init_ram() or memory_region_init_ram_ptr()).

void memory_region_msync(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr, hwaddr size): Synchronize selected address range of a memory mapped region

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region to be msync
hwaddr addr: the initial address of the range to be sync
hwaddr size: the size of the range to be sync

void memory_region_writeback(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr, hwaddr size): Trigger cache writeback for selected address range

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region to be updated
hwaddr addr: the initial address of the range to be written back
hwaddr size: the size of the range to be written back

void memory_region_set_log(MemoryRegion *mr, bool log, unsigned client): Turn dirty logging on or off for a region.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being updated.
bool log: whether dirty logging is to be enabled or disabled.
unsigned client: the user of the logging information; DIRTY_MEMORY_VGA only.

Description

Turns dirty logging on or off for a specified client (display, migration). Only meaningful for RAM regions.

void memory_region_set_dirty(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr, hwaddr size): Mark a range of bytes as dirty in a memory region.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being dirtied.
hwaddr addr: the address (relative to the start of the region) being dirtied.
hwaddr size: size of the range being dirtied.

Description

Marks a range of bytes as dirty, after it has been dirtied outside guest code.

void memory_region_clear_dirty_bitmap(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr start, hwaddr len): clear dirty bitmap for memory range

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region to clear the dirty log upon
hwaddr start: start address offset within the memory region
hwaddr len: length of the memory region to clear dirty bitmap

Description

This function is called when the caller wants to clear the remote dirty bitmap of a memory range within the memory region. This can be used by e.g. KVM to manually clear dirty log when KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT is declared support by the host kernel.

DirtyBitmapSnapshot *memory_region_snapshot_and_clear_dirty(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr, hwaddr size, unsigned client): Get a snapshot of the dirty bitmap and clear it.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried.
hwaddr addr: the address (relative to the start of the region) being queried.
hwaddr size: the size of the range being queried.
unsigned client: the user of the logging information; typically DIRTY_MEMORY_VGA.

Description

Creates a snapshot of the dirty bitmap, clears the dirty bitmap and returns the snapshot. The snapshot can then be used to query dirty status, using memory_region_snapshot_get_dirty. Snapshotting allows querying the same page multiple times, which is especially useful for display updates where the scanlines often are not page aligned.

The dirty bitmap region which gets copied into the snapshot (and cleared afterwards) can be larger than requested. The boundaries are rounded up/down so complete bitmap longs (covering 64 pages on 64bit hosts) can be copied over into the bitmap snapshot. Which isn’t a problem for display updates as the extra pages are outside the visible area, and in case the visible area changes a full display redraw is due anyway. Should other use cases for this function emerge we might have to revisit this implementation detail.

Use g_free to release DirtyBitmapSnapshot.

bool memory_region_snapshot_get_dirty(MemoryRegion *mr, DirtyBitmapSnapshot *snap, hwaddr addr, hwaddr size): Check whether a range of bytes is dirty in the specified dirty bitmap snapshot.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being queried.
DirtyBitmapSnapshot *snap: the dirty bitmap snapshot
hwaddr addr: the address (relative to the start of the region) being queried.
hwaddr size: the size of the range being queried.

void memory_region_reset_dirty(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr, hwaddr size, unsigned client): Mark a range of pages as clean, for a specified client.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the region being updated.
hwaddr addr: the start of the subrange being cleaned.
hwaddr size: the size of the subrange being cleaned.
unsigned client: the user of the logging information; DIRTY_MEMORY_MIGRATION or DIRTY_MEMORY_VGA.

Description

Marks a range of pages as no longer dirty.

void memory_region_flush_rom_device(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr, hwaddr size): Mark a range of pages dirty and invalidate TBs (for self-modifying code).

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the region being flushed.
hwaddr addr: the start, relative to the start of the region, of the range being flushed.
hwaddr size: the size, in bytes, of the range being flushed.

Description

The MemoryRegionOps->write() callback of a ROM device must use this function to mark byte ranges that have been modified internally, such as by directly accessing the memory returned by memory_region_get_ram_ptr().

This function marks the range dirty and invalidates TBs so that TCG can detect self-modifying code.

void memory_region_set_readonly(MemoryRegion *mr, bool readonly): Turn a memory region read-only (or read-write)

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the region being updated.
bool readonly: whether rhe region is to be ROM or RAM.

Description

Allows a memory region to be marked as read-only (turning it into a ROM). only useful on RAM regions.

void memory_region_set_nonvolatile(MemoryRegion *mr, bool nonvolatile): Turn a memory region non-volatile

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the region being updated.
bool nonvolatile: whether rhe region is to be non-volatile.

Description

Allows a memory region to be marked as non-volatile. only useful on RAM regions.

void memory_region_rom_device_set_romd(MemoryRegion *mr, bool romd_mode): enable/disable ROMD mode

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region to be updated
bool romd_mode: true to put the region into ROMD mode

Description

Allows a ROM device (initialized with memory_region_init_rom_device() to set to ROMD mode (default) or MMIO mode. When it is in ROMD mode, the device is mapped to guest memory and satisfies read access directly. When in MMIO mode, reads are forwarded to the MemoryRegion.read function. Writes are always handled by the MemoryRegion.write function.

void memory_region_set_coalescing(MemoryRegion *mr): Enable memory coalescing for the region.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region to be write coalesced

Description

Enabled writes to a region to be queued for later processing. MMIO ->write callbacks may be delayed until a non-coalesced MMIO is issued. Only useful for IO regions. Roughly similar to write-combining hardware.

void memory_region_add_coalescing(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr offset, uint64_t size): Enable memory coalescing for a sub-range of a region.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region to be updated.
hwaddr offset: the start of the range within the region to be coalesced.
uint64_t size: the size of the subrange to be coalesced.

Description

Like memory_region_set_coalescing(), but works on a sub-range of a region. Multiple calls can be issued coalesced disjoint ranges.

void memory_region_clear_coalescing(MemoryRegion *mr): Disable MMIO coalescing for the region.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region to be updated.

Description

Disables any coalescing caused by memory_region_set_coalescing() or memory_region_add_coalescing(). Roughly equivalent to uncacheble memory hardware.

void memory_region_set_flush_coalesced(MemoryRegion *mr): Enforce memory coalescing flush before accesses.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region to be updated.

Description

Ensure that pending coalesced MMIO request are flushed before the memory region is accessed. This property is automatically enabled for all regions passed to memory_region_set_coalescing() and memory_region_add_coalescing().

void memory_region_clear_flush_coalesced(MemoryRegion *mr): Disable memory coalescing flush before accesses.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region to be updated.

Description

Clear the automatic coalesced MMIO flushing enabled via memory_region_set_flush_coalesced. Note that this service has no effect on memory regions that have MMIO coalescing enabled for themselves. For them, automatic flushing will stop once coalescing is disabled.

void memory_region_add_eventfd(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr, unsigned size, bool match_data, uint64_t data, EventNotifier *e): Request an eventfd to be triggered when a word is written to a location.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being updated.
hwaddr addr: the address within mr that is to be monitored
unsigned size: the size of the access to trigger the eventfd
bool match_data: whether to match against data, instead of just addr
uint64_t data: the data to match against the guest write
EventNotifier *e: event notifier to be triggered when addr, size, and data all match.

Description

Marks a word in an IO region (initialized with memory_region_init_io()) as a trigger for an eventfd event. The I/O callback will not be called. The caller must be prepared to handle failure (that is, take the required action if the callback _is_ called).

void memory_region_del_eventfd(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr, unsigned size, bool match_data, uint64_t data, EventNotifier *e): Cancel an eventfd.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the memory region being updated.
hwaddr addr: the address within mr that is to be monitored
unsigned size: the size of the access to trigger the eventfd
bool match_data: whether to match against data, instead of just addr
uint64_t data: the data to match against the guest write
EventNotifier *e: event notifier to be triggered when addr, size, and data all match.

Description

Cancels an eventfd trigger requested by a previous memory_region_add_eventfd() call.

void memory_region_add_subregion(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr offset, MemoryRegion *subregion): Add a subregion to a container.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the region to contain the new subregion; must be a container initialized with memory_region_init().
hwaddr offset: the offset relative to mr where subregion is added.
MemoryRegion *subregion: the subregion to be added.

Description

Adds a subregion at offset. The subregion may not overlap with other subregions (except for those explicitly marked as overlapping). A region may only be added once as a subregion (unless removed with memory_region_del_subregion()); use memory_region_init_alias() if you want a region to be a subregion in multiple locations.

void memory_region_add_subregion_overlap(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr offset, MemoryRegion *subregion, int priority): Add a subregion to a container with overlap.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the region to contain the new subregion; must be a container initialized with memory_region_init().
hwaddr offset: the offset relative to mr where subregion is added.
MemoryRegion *subregion: the subregion to be added.
int priority: used for resolving overlaps; highest priority wins.

Description

Adds a subregion at offset. The subregion may overlap with other subregions. Conflicts are resolved by having a higher priority hide a lower priority. Subregions without priority are taken as priority 0. A region may only be added once as a subregion (unless removed with memory_region_del_subregion()); use memory_region_init_alias() if you want a region to be a subregion in multiple locations.

ram_addr_t memory_region_get_ram_addr(MemoryRegion *mr): Get the ram address associated with a memory region

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the region to be queried

void memory_region_del_subregion(MemoryRegion *mr, MemoryRegion *subregion): Remove a subregion.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the container to be updated.
MemoryRegion *subregion: the region being removed; must be a current subregion of mr.

Description

Removes a subregion from its container.

bool memory_region_present(MemoryRegion *container, hwaddr addr): checks if an address relative to a container translates into MemoryRegion within container

Parameters

MemoryRegion *container: a MemoryRegion within which addr is a relative address
hwaddr addr: the area within container to be searched

Description

Answer whether a MemoryRegion within container covers the address addr.

bool memory_region_is_mapped(MemoryRegion *mr): returns true if MemoryRegion is mapped into another memory region, which does not necessarily imply that it is mapped into an address space.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: a MemoryRegion which should be checked if it’s mapped

RamDiscardManager *memory_region_get_ram_discard_manager(MemoryRegion *mr): get the RamDiscardManager for a MemoryRegion

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion

Description

The RamDiscardManager cannot change while a memory region is mapped.

bool memory_region_has_ram_discard_manager(MemoryRegion *mr): check whether a MemoryRegion has a RamDiscardManager assigned

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion

void memory_region_set_ram_discard_manager(MemoryRegion *mr, RamDiscardManager *rdm): set the RamDiscardManager for a MemoryRegion

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: the MemoryRegion
RamDiscardManager *rdm: RamDiscardManager to set

Description

This function must not be called for a mapped MemoryRegion, a MemoryRegion that does not cover RAM, or a MemoryRegion that already has a RamDiscardManager assigned.

MemoryRegionSection memory_region_find(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr, uint64_t size): translate an address/size relative to a MemoryRegion into a MemoryRegionSection.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: a MemoryRegion within which addr is a relative address
hwaddr addr: start of the area within as to be searched
uint64_t size: size of the area to be searched

Description

Locates the first MemoryRegion within mr that overlaps the range given by addr and size.

Returns a MemoryRegionSection that describes a contiguous overlap. It will have the following characteristics: - size = 0 iff no overlap was found - mr is non-NULL iff an overlap was found

Remember that in the return value the offset_within_region is relative to the returned region (in the .**mr** field), not to the mr argument.

Similarly, the .**offset_within_address_space** is relative to the address space that contains both regions, the passed and the returned one. However, in the special case where the mr argument has no container (and thus is the root of the address space), the following will hold: - offset_within_address_space >= addr - offset_within_address_space + .**size** <= addr + size

void memory_global_dirty_log_sync(bool last_stage): synchronize the dirty log for all memory

Parameters

bool last_stage: whether this is the last stage of live migration

Description

Synchronizes the dirty page log for all address spaces.

void memory_global_after_dirty_log_sync(void): synchronize the dirty log for all memory

Parameters

void: no arguments

Description

Synchronizes the vCPUs with a thread that is reading the dirty bitmap. This function must be called after the dirty log bitmap is cleared, and before dirty guest memory pages are read. If you are using DirtyBitmapSnapshot, memory_region_snapshot_and_clear_dirty() takes care of doing this.

void memory_region_transaction_begin(void): Start a transaction.

Parameters

void: no arguments

Description

During a transaction, changes will be accumulated and made visible only when the transaction ends (is committed).

void memory_region_transaction_commit(void): Commit a transaction and make changes visible to the guest.

Parameters

void: no arguments

void memory_listener_register(MemoryListener *listener, AddressSpace *filter): register callbacks to be called when memory sections are mapped or unmapped into an address space

Parameters

MemoryListener *listener: an object containing the callbacks to be called
AddressSpace *filter: if non-NULL, only regions in this address space will be observed

void memory_listener_unregister(MemoryListener *listener): undo the effect of memory_listener_register()

Parameters

MemoryListener *listener: an object containing the callbacks to be removed

bool memory_global_dirty_log_start(unsigned int flags, Error **errp): begin dirty logging for all regions

Parameters

unsigned int flags: purpose of starting dirty log, migration or dirty rate
Error **errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.

Return

true on success, else false setting errp with error.

void memory_global_dirty_log_stop(unsigned int flags): end dirty logging for all regions

Parameters

unsigned int flags: purpose of stopping dirty log, migration or dirty rate

MemTxResult memory_region_dispatch_read(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr, uint64_t *pval, MemOp op, MemTxAttrs attrs): perform a read directly to the specified MemoryRegion.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: MemoryRegion to access
hwaddr addr: address within that region
uint64_t *pval: pointer to uint64_t which the data is written to
MemOp op: size, sign, and endianness of the memory operation
MemTxAttrs attrs: memory transaction attributes to use for the access

MemTxResult memory_region_dispatch_write(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr, uint64_t data, MemOp op, MemTxAttrs attrs): perform a write directly to the specified MemoryRegion.

Parameters

MemoryRegion *mr: MemoryRegion to access
hwaddr addr: address within that region
uint64_t data: data to write
MemOp op: size, sign, and endianness of the memory operation
MemTxAttrs attrs: memory transaction attributes to use for the access

void address_space_init(AddressSpace *as, MemoryRegion *root, const char *name): initializes an address space

Parameters

AddressSpace *as: an uninitialized AddressSpace
MemoryRegion *root: a MemoryRegion that routes addresses for the address space
const char *name: an address space name. The name is only used for debugging output.

void address_space_destroy(AddressSpace *as): destroy an address space

Parameters

AddressSpace *as: address space to be destroyed

Description

Releases all resources associated with an address space. After an address space is destroyed, its root memory region (given by address_space_init()) may be destroyed as well.

void address_space_remove_listeners(AddressSpace *as): unregister all listeners of an address space

Parameters

AddressSpace *as: an initialized AddressSpace

Description

Removes all callbacks previously registered with memory_listener_register() for as.

MemTxResult address_space_rw(AddressSpace *as, hwaddr addr, MemTxAttrs attrs, void *buf, hwaddr len, bool is_write): read from or write to an address space.

Parameters

AddressSpace *as: AddressSpace to be accessed
hwaddr addr: address within that address space
MemTxAttrs attrs: memory transaction attributes
void *buf: buffer with the data transferred
hwaddr len: the number of bytes to read or write
bool is_write: indicates the transfer direction

Description

Return a MemTxResult indicating whether the operation succeeded or failed (eg unassigned memory, device rejected the transaction, IOMMU fault).

MemTxResult address_space_write(AddressSpace *as, hwaddr addr, MemTxAttrs attrs, const void *buf, hwaddr len): write to address space.

Parameters

AddressSpace *as: AddressSpace to be accessed
hwaddr addr: address within that address space
MemTxAttrs attrs: memory transaction attributes
const void *buf: buffer with the data transferred
hwaddr len: the number of bytes to write

Description

Return a MemTxResult indicating whether the operation succeeded or failed (eg unassigned memory, device rejected the transaction, IOMMU fault).

MemTxResult address_space_write_rom(AddressSpace *as, hwaddr addr, MemTxAttrs attrs, const void *buf, hwaddr len): write to address space, including ROM.

Parameters

AddressSpace *as: AddressSpace to be accessed
hwaddr addr: address within that address space
MemTxAttrs attrs: memory transaction attributes
const void *buf: buffer with the data transferred
hwaddr len: the number of bytes to write

Description

This function writes to the specified address space, but will write data to both ROM and RAM. This is used for non-guest writes like writes from the gdb debug stub or initial loading of ROM contents.

Note that portions of the write which attempt to write data to a device will be silently ignored – only real RAM and ROM will be written to.

Return a MemTxResult indicating whether the operation succeeded or failed (eg unassigned memory, device rejected the transaction, IOMMU fault).

void address_space_cache_init_empty(MemoryRegionCache *cache): Initialize empty MemoryRegionCache

Parameters

MemoryRegionCache *cache: The MemoryRegionCache to operate on.

Description

Initializes MemoryRegionCache structure without memory region attached. Cache initialized this way can only be safely destroyed, but not used.

void address_space_cache_invalidate(MemoryRegionCache *cache, hwaddr addr, hwaddr access_len): complete a write to a MemoryRegionCache

Parameters

MemoryRegionCache *cache: The MemoryRegionCache to operate on.
hwaddr addr: The first physical address that was written, relative to the address that was passed to address_space_cache_init.
hwaddr access_len: The number of bytes that were written starting at addr.

void address_space_cache_destroy(MemoryRegionCache *cache): free a MemoryRegionCache

Parameters

MemoryRegionCache *cache: The MemoryRegionCache whose memory should be released.

MemTxResult address_space_read(AddressSpace *as, hwaddr addr, MemTxAttrs attrs, void *buf, hwaddr len): read from an address space.

Parameters

AddressSpace *as: AddressSpace to be accessed
hwaddr addr: address within that address space
MemTxAttrs attrs: memory transaction attributes
void *buf: buffer with the data transferred
hwaddr len: length of the data transferred

Description

Return a MemTxResult indicating whether the operation succeeded or failed (eg unassigned memory, device rejected the transaction, IOMMU fault). Called within RCU critical section.

MemTxResult address_space_read_cached(MemoryRegionCache *cache, hwaddr addr, void *buf, hwaddr len): read from a cached RAM region

Parameters

MemoryRegionCache *cache: Cached region to be addressed
hwaddr addr: address relative to the base of the RAM region
void *buf: buffer with the data transferred
hwaddr len: length of the data transferred

MemTxResult address_space_write_cached(MemoryRegionCache *cache, hwaddr addr, const void *buf, hwaddr len): write to a cached RAM region

Parameters

MemoryRegionCache *cache: Cached region to be addressed
hwaddr addr: address relative to the base of the RAM region
const void *buf: buffer with the data transferred
hwaddr len: length of the data transferred

MemTxResult address_space_set(AddressSpace *as, hwaddr addr, uint8_t c, hwaddr len, MemTxAttrs attrs): Fill address space with a constant byte.

Parameters

AddressSpace *as: AddressSpace to be accessed
hwaddr addr: address within that address space
uint8_t c: constant byte to fill the memory
hwaddr len: the number of bytes to fill with the constant byte
MemTxAttrs attrs: memory transaction attributes

Description

Return a MemTxResult indicating whether the operation succeeded or failed (eg unassigned memory, device rejected the transaction, IOMMU fault).