Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 5/7] vhost: Regenerate region list from changed sections list

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert]

* Igor Mammedov (address@hidden) wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:19:03 +0100
> Igor Mammedov <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 20:13:38 +0000
> > "Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)" <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <address@hidden>
> > > 
> > > Compare the sections list that's just been generated, and if it's
> > > different from the old one regenerate the region list.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <address@hidden>
> > > ---
> [...]
> > 
> > > +    if (!dev->started) {
> > also why memmap is generated this early and not right before first use?
> > here we might generate memap but not actually use it.
> I retract question, as commit + follow up set_mem_table could happen before
> device is started. Having a comment here explaining it would be nice as
> the call flow is obvious.

Yes, and I think I've seen that.  I'll add a comment.

Dave

> 
> > >          goto out;
> > >      }
> > >  
> > 
> > 
> 
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