Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add -mem-shared option

[Eduardo Habkost]

On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 01:01:54PM +0100, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > On 29/11/19 11:07, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> >>>> So user who wants something non trivial could override default
> >>>> non-numa behavior with
> >>>>   -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=4G,mem-path=/dev/shm,share=on \
> >>>>   -machine memdev=mem
> >>>> or use any other backend that suits theirs needs.  
> >>> That's nice, but not as friendly as a simple -mem-shared.
> >> (I still do not like idea of convenience options but it won't
> >> get onto the way much if implemented as "global property" to memdev,
> >> so I won't object if there is real demand for it)
> >
> > I agree with Igor, we should always think about the generic ("object
> > model") options and only then add convenience option.
> 
> +1

I agree with this.  I just hope we don't forget about the second
part.

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Eduardo