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| author | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2014-08-19 13:00:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2014-08-19 13:00:57 +0100 |
| commit | 0e4a77370594c91dd126f9872893ed473374cc72 (patch) | |
| tree | 821715343d4c22b6e71d98676b51e63d59466c55 /docs | |
| parent | 8e6e2c2ae7a81f625cf1cb320891d5270e277548 (diff) | |
| parent | f54bb15f9d373877954e44db3a8bb368aff45b42 (diff) | |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/bonzini/tags/for-upstream' into staging
SCSI changes that enable sending vendor-specific commands via virtio-scsi.
Memory changes for QOMification and automatic tracking of MR lifetime.
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* remotes/bonzini/tags/for-upstream:
mtree: remove write-only field
memory: Use canonical path component as the name
memory: Use memory_region_name for name access
memory: constify memory_region_name
exec: Abstract away ref to memory region names
loader: Abstract away ref to memory region names
tpm_tis: remove instance_finalize callback
memory: remove memory_region_destroy
memory: convert memory_region_destroy to object_unparent
ioport: split deletion and destruction
nic: do not destroy memory regions in cleanup functions
vga: do not dynamically allocate chain4_alias
sysbus: remove unused function sysbus_del_io
qom: object: move unparenting to the child property's release callback
qom: object: delete properties before calling instance_finalize
virtio-scsi: implement parse_cdb
scsi-block, scsi-generic: implement parse_cdb
scsi-block: extract scsi_block_is_passthrough
scsi-bus: introduce parse_cdb in SCSIDeviceClass and SCSIBusInfo
scsi-bus: prepare scsi_req_new for introduction of parse_cdb
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/memory.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/memory.txt b/docs/memory.txt index 5bdbdb3691..b12f1f049a 100644 --- a/docs/memory.txt +++ b/docs/memory.txt @@ -74,11 +74,16 @@ Region lifecycle ---------------- A region is created by one of the constructor functions (memory_region_init*()) -and destroyed by the destructor (memory_region_destroy()). In between, -a region can be added to an address space by using memory_region_add_subregion() -and removed using memory_region_del_subregion(). Region attributes may be -changed at any point; they take effect once the region becomes exposed to the -guest. +and attached to an object. It is then destroyed by object_unparent() or simply +when the parent object dies. + +In between, a region can be added to an address space +by using memory_region_add_subregion() and removed using +memory_region_del_subregion(). Destroying the region implicitly +removes the region from the address space. + +Region attributes may be changed at any point; they take effect once +the region becomes exposed to the guest. Overlapping regions and priority -------------------------------- |