[v5,4/7] util/mmap-alloc: support MAP_SYNC in qemu_ram_mmap()

diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index e92a7da..dc4d180 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@  RAMBlock *qemu_ram_alloc_from_fd(ram_addr_t size, MemoryRegion *mr,
     int64_t file_size;
 
     /* Just support these ram flags by now. */
-    assert((ram_flags & ~(RAM_SHARED | RAM_PMEM)) == 0);
+    assert((ram_flags & ~(RAM_SHARED | RAM_PMEM | RAM_SYNC)) == 0);
 
     if (xen_enabled()) {
         error_setg(errp, "-mem-path not supported with Xen");
diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index 667466b..33a4e2c 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@  typedef struct IOMMUNotifier IOMMUNotifier;
 /* RAM is a persistent kind memory */
 #define RAM_PMEM (1 << 5)
 
+/* RAM can be mmap by a MAP_SYNC flag */
+#define RAM_SYNC (1 << 6)
+
 static inline void iommu_notifier_init(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUNotify fn,
                                        IOMMUNotifierFlag flags,
                                        hwaddr start, hwaddr end,
diff --git a/include/exec/ram_addr.h b/include/exec/ram_addr.h
index 9ecd911..d239ce7 100644
--- a/include/exec/ram_addr.h
+++ b/include/exec/ram_addr.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@  long qemu_getrampagesize(void);
  *              or bit-or of following values
  *              - RAM_SHARED: mmap the backing file or device with MAP_SHARED
  *              - RAM_PMEM: the backend @mem_path or @fd is persistent memory
+ *              - RAM_SYNC:   mmap with MAP_SYNC flag
  *              Other bits are ignored.
  *  @mem_path or @fd: specify the backing file or device
  *  @errp: pointer to Error*, to store an error if it happens
diff --git a/include/qemu/mmap-alloc.h b/include/qemu/mmap-alloc.h
index 6fe6ed4..1755a8b 100644
--- a/include/qemu/mmap-alloc.h
+++ b/include/qemu/mmap-alloc.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@  size_t qemu_mempath_getpagesize(const char *mem_path);
  *  @flags: specifies additional properties of the mapping, which can be one or
  *          bit-or of following values
  *          - RAM_SHARED: mmap with MAP_SHARED flag
+ *          - RAM_SYNC:   mmap with MAP_SYNC flag
  *          Other bits are ignored.
  *
  * Return:
diff --git a/include/standard-headers/linux/mman.h b/include/standard-headers/linux/mman.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea1fc47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/standard-headers/linux/mman.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ 
+/*
+ * Definitions of Linux-specific mmap flags.
+ *
+ * Copyright Intel Corporation, 2018
+ *
+ * Author: Haozhong Zhang <haozhong.zhang@intel.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+ * later. See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_MMAN_H
+#define _LINUX_MMAN_H
+
+/*
+ * MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE and MAP_SYNC are introduced in Linux kernel
+ * 4.15, so they may not be defined when compiling on older kernels.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
+
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+
+#ifndef MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE
+#define MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE   0x3
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MAP_SYNC
+#define MAP_SYNC              0x80000
+#endif
+
+/* MAP_SYNC is only available with MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE. */
+#define MAP_SYNC_FLAGS (MAP_SYNC | MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE)
+
+#else  /* !CONFIG_LINUX */
+
+#define MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE   0x0
+#define MAP_SYNC              0x0
+
+#define QEMU_HAS_MAP_SYNC     false
+#define MAP_SYNC_FLAGS 0
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_LINUX */
+
+#endif /* !_LINUX_MMAN_H */
diff --git a/util/mmap-alloc.c b/util/mmap-alloc.c
index 8f0a740..f411df7 100644
--- a/util/mmap-alloc.c
+++ b/util/mmap-alloc.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ 
 #include "qemu/mmap-alloc.h"
 #include "qemu/host-utils.h"
 #include "exec/memory.h"
+#include "standard-headers/linux/mman.h"
 
 #define HUGETLBFS_MAGIC       0x958458f6
 
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@  void *qemu_ram_mmap(int fd, size_t size, size_t align, uint32_t flags)
     void *ptr = mmap(0, total, PROT_NONE, MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0);
 #endif
     bool shared = flags & RAM_SHARED;
+    int mmap_xflags = 0;
     size_t offset;
     void *ptr1;
 
@@ -109,16 +111,20 @@  void *qemu_ram_mmap(int fd, size_t size, size_t align, uint32_t flags)
     assert(is_power_of_2(align));
     /* Always align to host page size */
     assert(align >= getpagesize());
+    if ((flags & RAM_SYNC) && shared) {
+        mmap_xflags |= MAP_SYNC_FLAGS;
+    }
 
     offset = QEMU_ALIGN_UP((uintptr_t)ptr, align) - (uintptr_t)ptr;
+ retry_mmap_fd:
     ptr1 = mmap(ptr + offset, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
                 MAP_FIXED |
                 (fd == -1 ? MAP_ANONYMOUS : 0) |
-                (shared ? MAP_SHARED : MAP_PRIVATE),
+                (shared ? MAP_SHARED : MAP_PRIVATE) | mmap_xflags,
                 fd, 0);
-    if (ptr1 == MAP_FAILED) {
-        munmap(ptr, total);
-        return MAP_FAILED;
+    if ((ptr1 == MAP_FAILED) && (mmap_xflags & MAP_SYNC_FLAGS)) {
+        mmap_xflags &= ~MAP_SYNC_FLAGS;
+        goto retry_mmap_fd;
     }
 
     if (offset > 0) {