In the ACPI specification [1], the 'unarmed' bit is set when a device
cannot accept a persistent write. This means that when a memdev is
read-only, the 'unarmed' flag must be turned on. The logic is correct,
just changing the error message.
[1] ACPI NFIT NVDIMM Region Mapping Structure "NVDIMM State Flags" Bit 3
Fixes:
dbd730e859 ("nvdimm: check -object memory-backend-file, readonly=on option")
Signed-off-by: Julia Suvorova <jusual@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <
20221023195812.15523-1-jusual@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
if (!nvdimm->unarmed && memory_region_is_rom(mr)) {
HostMemoryBackend *hostmem = dimm->hostmem;
- error_setg(errp, "'unarmed' property must be off since memdev %s "
+ error_setg(errp, "'unarmed' property must be 'on' since memdev %s "
"is read-only",
object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(hostmem)));
return;