Hi Henry,

On 08/03/2024 02:54, Henry Wang wrote:
> Currently on Arm there are 4 functions to allocate memory as domain
> RAM at boot time for different types of domains:
> (1) allocate_memory(): To allocate memory for Dom0less DomUs that
>     do not use static memory.
> (2) allocate_static_memory(): To allocate memory for Dom0less DomUs
>     that use static memory.
> (3) allocate_memory_11(): To allocate memory for Dom0.
> (4) assign_static_memory_11(): To allocate memory for Dom0less DomUs
>     that use static memory and directmapped.
> 
> To keep consistency between the names and the in-code comment on top
> of the functions, rename assign_static_memory_11() to
> allocate_static_memory_11(). No functional change intended.
There was a reason for this naming. The function is called assign_ and not 
allocate_ because
there is no allocation done inside. The function maps specified host regions to 
guest regions.
Refer:
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20220214031956.3726764-6-penny.zh...@arm.com/

~Michal

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