qemu/softmmu
Stefan Hajnoczi 369d6dc4de memory: add readonly support to memory_region_init_ram_from_file()
There is currently no way to open(O_RDONLY) and mmap(PROT_READ) when
creating a memory region from a file. This functionality is needed since
the underlying host file may not allow writing.

Add a bool readonly argument to memory_region_init_ram_from_file() and
the APIs it calls.

Extend memory_region_init_ram_from_file() rather than introducing a
memory_region_init_rom_from_file() API so that callers can easily make a
choice between read/write and read-only at runtime without calling
different APIs.

No new RAMBlock flag is introduced for read-only because it's unclear
whether RAMBlocks need to know that they are read-only. Pass a bool
readonly argument instead.

Both of these design decisions can be changed in the future. It just
seemed like the simplest approach to me.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Liam Merwick <liam.merwick@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20210104171320.575838-2-stefanha@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
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