Re: [PATCH v7 0/3] spapr: nvdimm: Introduce spapr-nvdimm device

2022-02-17 Thread Cédric Le Goater
On 2/4/22 09:15, Shivaprasad G Bhat wrote: If the device backend is not persistent memory for the nvdimm, there is need for explicit IO flushes to ensure persistence. On SPAPR, the issue is addressed by adding a new hcall to request for an explicit flush from the guest when the backend is not

Re: [PATCH v7 0/3] spapr: nvdimm: Introduce spapr-nvdimm device

2022-02-07 Thread Daniel Henrique Barboza
On 2/4/22 05:15, Shivaprasad G Bhat wrote: If the device backend is not persistent memory for the nvdimm, there is need for explicit IO flushes to ensure persistence. On SPAPR, the issue is addressed by adding a new hcall to request for an explicit flush from the guest when the backend is

[PATCH v7 0/3] spapr: nvdimm: Introduce spapr-nvdimm device

2022-02-04 Thread Shivaprasad G Bhat
If the device backend is not persistent memory for the nvdimm, there is need for explicit IO flushes to ensure persistence. On SPAPR, the issue is addressed by adding a new hcall to request for an explicit flush from the guest when the backend is not pmem. So, the approach here is to convey when