[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 2/3] docs/memory: Explicitly state that MemoryRegion priority is signed

[Marcel Apfelbaum]

Priority was used to make visible some subregions by obscuring
the parent MemoryRegion addresses overlapping with the subregion.

By allowing the priority to be negative the opposite can be done:
Allow a subregion to be visible on all the addresses not covered
by other subregions.

Signed-off-by: Marcel Apfelbaum <address@hidden>
---
 docs/memory.txt | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/memory.txt b/docs/memory.txt
index feb9fe9..174c0d7 100644
--- a/docs/memory.txt
+++ b/docs/memory.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ 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).
 
 Visibility
 ----------
-- 
1.8.3.1