On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 02:23:43PM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> 
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> On 08/28/2015 07:58 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> 
> >
> >>>>+        goto do_unmap;
> >>>>+    }
> >>>>+
> >>>>+    nvdimm->device_index = new_device_index();
> >>>>+    sprintf(name, "NVDIMM-%d", nvdimm->device_index);
> >>>>+    memory_region_init_ram_ptr(&nvdimm->mr, OBJECT(dev), name, 
> >>>>nvdimm_size,
> >>>>+                               buf);
> >>>
> >>>How is the autogenerated name used?
> >>>
> >>>Why not just use "pc-nvdimm.memory"?
> >>
> >>Ah. Just for debug proposal :) and i am not sure if a name used for multiple
> >>MRs (MemoryRegion) is a good idea.
> >
> >Other devices use a constant name too (git grep
> >memory_region_init_ram_ptr) so it seems to be okay.  The unique thing is
> >the OBJECT(dev) which differs for each NVDIMM instance.
> >
> 
> When I was digging into live migration code, i noticed that the same MR name 
> may
> cause the name "idstr", please refer to qemu_ram_set_idstr().
> 
> Since nvdimm devices do not have parent-bus, it will trigger the abort() in 
> that
> function.

I see.  The other devices that use a constant name are on a bus so the
abort doesn't trigger.
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