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| -rw-r--r-- | include/hw/mem/memory-device.h | 36 |
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diff --git a/include/hw/mem/memory-device.h b/include/hw/mem/memory-device.h index f02b229837..0474a3dd11 100644 --- a/include/hw/mem/memory-device.h +++ b/include/hw/mem/memory-device.h @@ -29,12 +29,48 @@ typedef struct MemoryDeviceState { Object parent_obj; } MemoryDeviceState; +/** + * MemoryDeviceClass: + * + * All memory devices need to implement TYPE_MEMORY_DEVICE as an interface. + * + * A memory device is a device that owns a memory region which is + * mapped into guest physical address space at a certain address. The + * address in guest physical memory can either be specified explicitly + * or get assigned automatically. + */ typedef struct MemoryDeviceClass { + /* private */ InterfaceClass parent_class; + /* + * Return the address of the memory device in guest physical memory. + * + * Called when (un)plugging a memory device or when iterating over + * all memory devices mapped into guest physical address space. + * + * If "0" is returned, no address has been specified by the user and + * no address has been assigned to this memory device yet. + */ uint64_t (*get_addr)(const MemoryDeviceState *md); + + /* + * Return the amount of memory provided by the memory device currently + * usable ("plugged") by the VM. + * + * Called when calculating the total amount of ram available to the + * VM (e.g. to report memory stats to the user). + * + * This is helpful for devices that dynamically manage the amount of + * memory accessible by the guest via the reserved memory region. For + * most devices, this corresponds to the size of the memory region. + */ uint64_t (*get_plugged_size)(const MemoryDeviceState *md, Error **errp); uint64_t (*get_region_size)(const MemoryDeviceState *md, Error **errp); + + /* + * Translate the memory device into #MemoryDeviceInfo. + */ void (*fill_device_info)(const MemoryDeviceState *md, MemoryDeviceInfo *info); } MemoryDeviceClass; |