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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] exec.c: check RAMBlock validity before changing
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Cédric Le Goater |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] exec.c: check RAMBlock validity before changing its flag |
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Thu, 5 Jul 2018 07:56:54 +0200 |
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Hello Paolo,
On 07/04/2018 02:16 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 04/07/2018 11:55, Peter Xu wrote:
>>> commit b0e56e0b63f350691b52d3e75e89bb64143fbeff
>>> Author: Hu Tao <address@hidden>
>>> Date: Wed Apr 2 15:13:27 2014 +0800
>>>
>>> unset RAMBlock idstr when unregister MemoryRegion
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Hu Tao <address@hidden>
>>> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
>>>
>>> whose commit message is a bit lacking, but
>>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-04/msg00282.html helps
>>> more. It seems like the original bug was a reference count issue.
>>>
>>> Clearing the new migratable flag should also be unnecessary.
>> But even if we get rid of vmstate_unregister_ram(), the leak could
>> still be there?
>>
>> I'm not sure what was leaked when b0e56e0b6 was introduced, I feel
>> like it's the RAMBlock of the memdev. Here I think the ROM memory
>> region seems to be leaked as well (along with the RAMBlock inside)?
>
> The leak would be another bug that vmstate_unregister_ram is just
> papering over. We need to test memory unplug with
> vmstate_unregister_ram removed, and fix bugs if any.
So for the time being, you would just get rid of pci_del_option_rom()
which only does vmstate_unregister_ram() ?
Thanks,
C.
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] exec.c: check RAMBlock validity before changing its flag, Cédric Le Goater, 2018/07/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] exec.c: check RAMBlock validity before changing its flag, Peter Xu, 2018/07/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] exec.c: check RAMBlock validity before changing its flag, Cédric Le Goater, 2018/07/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] exec.c: check RAMBlock validity before changing its flag, Peter Xu, 2018/07/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] exec.c: check RAMBlock validity before changing its flag, Cédric Le Goater, 2018/07/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] exec.c: check RAMBlock validity before changing its flag, Paolo Bonzini, 2018/07/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] exec.c: check RAMBlock validity before changing its flag, Peter Xu, 2018/07/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] exec.c: check RAMBlock validity before changing its flag, Paolo Bonzini, 2018/07/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] exec.c: check RAMBlock validity before changing its flag,
Cédric Le Goater <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] exec.c: check RAMBlock validity before changing its flag, Paolo Bonzini, 2018/07/05