[Qemu-devel] [RFC 2/2] pmem: device flush over VIRTIO

[Pankaj Gupta]

 This patch adds functionality to perform flush
 from guest to host over VIRTIO when 'ND_REGION_VIRTIO' 
 flag is set on nd_negion. This flag is set by 'virtio-pmem' 
 driver for virtio flush operation. 

Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <address@hidden>
---
 drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
index abaf38c..1c6cd2a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/nd.h>
 #include "nd-core.h"
 #include "nd.h"
+#include <linux/virtio_pmem.h>
 
 /*
  * For readq() and writeq() on 32-bit builds, the hi-lo, lo-hi order is
@@ -1043,6 +1044,12 @@ void nvdimm_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
        struct nd_region_data *ndrd = dev_get_drvdata(&nd_region->dev);
        int i, idx;
 
+       /* call PV device flush */
+       if (test_bit(ND_REGION_VIRTIO, &nd_region->flags)) {
+               virtio_pmem_flush(&nd_region->dev);
+               return;
+       }
+
        /*
         * Try to encourage some diversity in flush hint addresses
         * across cpus assuming a limited number of flush hints.
-- 
2.9.3