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diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index 8ae004e..0ebdc55 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ struct MemoryRegion {
bool rom_device;
bool warning_printed; /* For reservations */
bool flush_coalesced_mmio;
+ bool global_locking;
MemoryRegion *alias;
hwaddr alias_offset;
int32_t priority;
@@ -825,6 +826,31 @@ void memory_region_set_flush_coalesced(MemoryRegion *mr);
void memory_region_clear_flush_coalesced(MemoryRegion *mr);
/**
+ * memory_region_set_global_locking: Declares the access processing requires
+ * QEMU's global lock.
+ *
+ * When this is invoked, accesses to the memory region will be processed while
+ * holding the global lock of QEMU. This is the default behavior of memory
+ * regions.
+ *
+ * @mr: the memory region to be updated.
+ */
+void memory_region_set_global_locking(MemoryRegion *mr);
+
+/**
+ * memory_region_clear_global_locking: Declares that access processing does
+ * not depend on the QEMU global lock.
+ *
+ * By clearing this property, accesses to the memory region will be processed
+ * outside of QEMU's global lock (unless the lock is held on when issuing the
+ * access request). In this case, the device model implementing the access
+ * handlers is responsible for synchronization of concurrency.
+ *
+ * @mr: the memory region to be updated.
+ */
+void memory_region_clear_global_locking(MemoryRegion *mr);
+
+/**
* memory_region_add_eventfd: Request an eventfd to be triggered when a word
* is written to a location.
*
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