From ce1761f0f9f0dde30a56cdcff68c034874fb91a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Hildenbrand Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 12:22:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] virtio-mem: Fail if a memory backend with "prealloc=on" is specified "prealloc=on" for the memory backend does not work as expected, as virtio-mem will simply discard all preallocated memory immediately again. In the best case, it's an expensive NOP. In the worst case, it's an unexpected allocation error. Instead, "prealloc=on" should be specified for the virtio-mem device only, such that virtio-mem will try preallocating memory before plugging memory dynamically to the guest. Fail if such a memory backend is provided. Tested-by: Michal Privoznik Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Reviewed-by: Peter Xu Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela S Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela --- hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c index 1ed1f5a4af..02f7b5469a 100644 --- a/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c +++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c @@ -772,6 +772,12 @@ static void virtio_mem_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp) error_setg(errp, "'%s' property specifies an unsupported memdev", VIRTIO_MEM_MEMDEV_PROP); return; + } else if (vmem->memdev->prealloc) { + error_setg(errp, "'%s' property specifies a memdev with preallocation" + " enabled: %s. Instead, specify 'prealloc=on' for the" + " virtio-mem device. ", VIRTIO_MEM_MEMDEV_PROP, + object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(vmem->memdev))); + return; } if ((nb_numa_nodes && vmem->node >= nb_numa_nodes) ||