Re: [PATCH] slow_map: minor improvements to ROM BAR handling

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Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 12/22/2009 05:19 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure the BIOS is the only one executing ROMs. If it is, then
>>> I'm
>>> good with the change.
>>> Maybe it'd make sense to also add a read only flag so we don't
>>> accidently try to write to the ROM region with slow_map.
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>      
>> Correct: I think it's made readonly down the road with mprotect,
>> so attempt to do so will crash qemu :)
>>    
>
> Alex, are you happy with this?  I'd like to apply it.

I'd like to see the read-only protection in. Apart from that I'm good on
checking it in, though I'm only awaiting the day someone runs code off
such a ROM region ;-).

Alex

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