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Re: [PATCH] pci: add romsize property
From: |
David Edmondson |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] pci: add romsize property |
Date: |
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 10:14:18 +0000 |
On Tuesday, 2021-01-19 at 17:51:32 +01, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> +pflash
>
> On 12/18/20 7:27 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> This property can be useful for distros to set up known-good ROM sizes for
>> migration purposes. The VM will fail to start if the ROM is too large,
>> and migration compatibility will not be broken if the ROM is too small.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> hw/pci/pci.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
>> hw/xen/xen_pt_load_rom.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
>> include/hw/pci/pci.h | 1 +
>> 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/hw/pci/pci.c b/hw/pci/pci.c
>> index d4349ea577..fd25253c2a 100644
>> --- a/hw/pci/pci.c
>> +++ b/hw/pci/pci.c
>> @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ static void pcibus_reset(BusState *qbus);
>> static Property pci_props[] = {
>> DEFINE_PROP_PCI_DEVFN("addr", PCIDevice, devfn, -1),
>> DEFINE_PROP_STRING("romfile", PCIDevice, romfile),
>> + DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("romsize", PCIDevice, romsize, -1),
>> DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("rombar", PCIDevice, rom_bar, 1),
>> DEFINE_PROP_BIT("multifunction", PCIDevice, cap_present,
>> QEMU_PCI_CAP_MULTIFUNCTION_BITNR, false),
>> @@ -2106,6 +2107,11 @@ static void pci_qdev_realize(DeviceState *qdev, Error
>> **errp)
>> bool is_default_rom;
>> uint16_t class_id;
>>
>> + if (pci_dev->romsize != -1 && !is_power_of_2(pci_dev->romsize)) {
>> + error_setg(errp, "ROM size %d is not a power of two",
>> pci_dev->romsize);
>> + return;
>> + }
>
> Some cloud providers already complained the pow2 check in the pflash
> device (wasting host storage). Personally I find using pow2 easier
> and safer.
>
> The pow2 check looks like a separate change however, maybe add in a
> separate patch? Or maybe not :)
Even for flash, padding a read-only device seems straightforward.
For a writable device, is it assumed that a write into the padding
should extend the file?
(I realise that this patch is just for the ROM.)
dme.
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