Add memory_region_init_ram_from_fd()
Add a new function to initialize a RAM memory region with a file
descriptor to be mmap-ed.
Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20170602141229.15326-5-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index 80e605a..51a54c9 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -456,6 +456,26 @@
bool share,
const char *path,
Error **errp);
+
+/**
+ * memory_region_init_ram_from_fd: Initialize RAM memory region with a
+ * mmap-ed backend.
+ *
+ * @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.
+ * @share: %true if memory must be mmaped with the MAP_SHARED flag
+ * @fd: the fd to mmap.
+ * @errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens.
+ */
+void memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(MemoryRegion *mr,
+ struct Object *owner,
+ const char *name,
+ uint64_t size,
+ bool share,
+ int fd,
+ Error **errp);
#endif
/**
