When no memory backend is specified in machine options, a default memory device will be added with default_ram_id. However, if a memory backend object is added in QEMU options and id is the same as default_ram_id, a coredump happens.
Command line: qemu-system-x86_64 -name guest=vmtest,debug-threads=on \ -machine pc-q35-6.0,accel=kvm,usb=off,vmport=off \ -smp 16,sockets=16,cores=1,threads=1 \ -m 4G \ -object memory-backend-ram,id=pc.ram,size=4G \ -no-user-config -nodefaults -nographic Stack trace of thread 16903: #0 0x00007fb109a9318b raise (libc.so.6 + 0x3a18b) #1 0x00007fb109a94585 abort (libc.so.6 + 0x3b585) #2 0x0000558c34bc89be error_handle_fatal (qemu-system-x86_64 + 0x9c89be) #3 0x0000558c34bc8aee error_setv (qemu-system-x86_64 + 0x9c8aee) #4 0x0000558c34bc8ccf error_setg_internal (qemu-system-x86_64 + 0x9c8ccf) #5 0x0000558c349f6899 object_property_try_add (qemu-system-x86_64 + 0x7f6899) #6 0x0000558c349f7df8 object_property_try_add_child (qemu-system-x86_64 + 0x7f7df8) #7 0x0000558c349f7e91 object_property_add_child (qemu-system-x86_64 + 0x7f7e91) #8 0x0000558c3454686d create_default_memdev (qemu-system-x86_64 + 0x34686d) #9 0x0000558c34546f58 qemu_init_board (qemu-system-x86_64 + 0x346f58) #10 0x0000558c345471b9 qmp_x_exit_preconfig (qemu-system-x86_64 + 0x3471b9) #11 0x0000558c345497d9 qemu_init (qemu-system-x86_64 + 0x3497d9) #12 0x0000558c344e54c2 main (qemu-system-x86_64 + 0x2e54c2) #13 0x00007fb109a7e34d __libc_start_main (libc.so.6 + 0x2534d) #14 0x0000558c344e53ba _start (qemu-system-x86_64 + 0x2e53ba) Signed-off-by: Li Zhang <lizh...@suse.de> --- hw/core/machine.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c index a673302cce..9ede63b01c 100644 --- a/hw/core/machine.c +++ b/hw/core/machine.c @@ -1265,9 +1265,21 @@ MemoryRegion *machine_consume_memdev(MachineState *machine, static bool create_default_memdev(MachineState *ms, const char *path, Error **errp) { Object *obj; + ObjectProperty *prop; MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(ms); bool r = false; + prop = object_property_find(object_get_objects_root(), mc->default_ram_id); + if (prop) { + error_report("A memory backend with id '%s' already exists, " + "cannot create default RAM backend with the same id. " + "Either change id of the offending backend or " + "provide system RAM backend explicitly using " + "'-machine memory-backend' option. " , + mc->default_ram_id); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } + obj = object_new(path ? TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND_FILE : TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND_RAM); if (path) { if (!object_property_set_str(obj, "mem-path", path, errp)) { -- 2.34.1