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diff --git a/docs/nvdimm.txt b/docs/nvdimm.txt index 24b443b655..5f158a6170 100644 --- a/docs/nvdimm.txt +++ b/docs/nvdimm.txt @@ -173,3 +173,25 @@ There are currently two valid values for this option: the NVDIMMs in the event of power loss. This implies that the platform also supports flushing dirty data through the memory controller on power loss. + +If the vNVDIMM backend is in host persistent memory that can be accessed in +SNIA NVM Programming Model [1] (e.g., Intel NVDIMM), it's suggested to set +the 'pmem' option of memory-backend-file to 'on'. When 'pmem' is 'on' and QEMU +is built with libpmem [2] support (configured with --enable-libpmem), QEMU +will take necessary operations to guarantee the persistence of its own writes +to the vNVDIMM backend(e.g., in vNVDIMM label emulation and live migration). +If 'pmem' is 'on' while there is no libpmem support, qemu will exit and report +a "lack of libpmem support" message to ensure the persistence is available. +For example, if we want to ensure the persistence for some backend file, +use the QEMU command line: + + -object memory-backend-file,id=nv_mem,mem-path=/XXX/yyy,size=4G,pmem=on + +References +---------- + +[1] NVM Programming Model (NPM) + Version 1.2 + https://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/technical_work/final/NVMProgrammingModel_v1.2.pdf +[2] Persistent Memory Development Kit (PMDK), formerly known as NVML project, home page: + http://pmem.io/pmdk/ |