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diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index ffdb518535..a34c348184 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
#include "exec/ram_addr.h"
#include "exec/log.h"
+#include "qemu/pmem.h"
+
#include "migration/vmstate.h"
#include "qemu/range.h"
@@ -2156,6 +2158,40 @@ int qemu_ram_resize(RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t newsize, Error **errp)
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * Trigger sync on the given ram block for range [start, start + length]
+ * with the backing store if one is available.
+ * Otherwise no-op.
+ * @Note: this is supposed to be a synchronous op.
+ */
+void qemu_ram_writeback(RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t start, ram_addr_t length)
+{
+ void *addr = ramblock_ptr(block, start);
+
+ /* The requested range should fit in within the block range */
+ g_assert((start + length) <= block->used_length);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIBPMEM
+ /* The lack of support for pmem should not block the sync */
+ if (ramblock_is_pmem(block)) {
+ pmem_persist(addr, length);
+ return;
+ }
+#endif
+ if (block->fd >= 0) {
+ /**
+ * Case there is no support for PMEM or the memory has not been
+ * specified as persistent (or is not one) - use the msync.
+ * Less optimal but still achieves the same goal
+ */
+ if (qemu_msync(addr, length, block->fd)) {
+ warn_report("%s: failed to sync memory range: start: "
+ RAM_ADDR_FMT " length: " RAM_ADDR_FMT,
+ __func__, start, length);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
/* Called with ram_list.mutex held */
static void dirty_memory_extend(ram_addr_t old_ram_size,
ram_addr_t new_ram_size)