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-rw-r--r--docs/memory.txt9
-rw-r--r--include/exec/memory.h19
-rw-r--r--memory.c15
3 files changed, 41 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/memory.txt b/docs/memory.txt
index 431d9ca88f..811b1bd3c5 100644
--- a/docs/memory.txt
+++ b/docs/memory.txt
@@ -41,8 +41,13 @@ MemoryRegion):
MemoryRegionOps structure describing the callbacks.
- ROM: a ROM memory region works like RAM for reads (directly accessing
- a region of host memory), but like MMIO for writes (invoking a callback).
- You initialize these with memory_region_init_rom_device().
+ a region of host memory), and forbids writes. You initialize these with
+ memory_region_init_rom().
+
+- ROM device: a ROM device memory region works like RAM for reads
+ (directly accessing a region of host memory), but like MMIO for
+ writes (invoking a callback). You initialize these with
+ memory_region_init_rom_device().
- IOMMU region: an IOMMU region translates addresses of accesses made to it
and forwards them to some other target memory region. As the name suggests,
diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index 23c7399131..2d9ea3c088 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -445,6 +445,25 @@ void memory_region_init_alias(MemoryRegion *mr,
uint64_t size);
/**
+ * memory_region_init_rom: Initialize a ROM memory region.
+ *
+ * This has the same effect as calling memory_region_init_ram()
+ * and then marking the resulting region read-only with
+ * memory_region_set_readonly().
+ *
+ * @mr: the #MemoryRegion to be initialized.
+ * @owner: the object that tracks the region's reference count
+ * @name: the name of the region.
+ * @size: size of the region.
+ * @errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.
+ */
+void memory_region_init_rom(MemoryRegion *mr,
+ struct Object *owner,
+ const char *name,
+ uint64_t size,
+ Error **errp);
+
+/**
* memory_region_init_rom_device: Initialize a ROM memory region. Writes are
* handled via callbacks.
*
diff --git a/memory.c b/memory.c
index 33799e810b..ecb565ea81 100644
--- a/memory.c
+++ b/memory.c
@@ -1376,6 +1376,21 @@ void memory_region_init_alias(MemoryRegion *mr,
mr->alias_offset = offset;
}
+void memory_region_init_rom(MemoryRegion *mr,
+ struct Object *owner,
+ const char *name,
+ uint64_t size,
+ Error **errp)
+{
+ memory_region_init(mr, owner, name, size);
+ mr->ram = true;
+ mr->readonly = true;
+ mr->terminates = true;
+ mr->destructor = memory_region_destructor_ram;
+ mr->ram_block = qemu_ram_alloc(size, mr, errp);
+ mr->dirty_log_mask = tcg_enabled() ? (1 << DIRTY_MEMORY_CODE) : 0;
+}
+
void memory_region_init_rom_device(MemoryRegion *mr,
Object *owner,
const MemoryRegionOps *ops,