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commitdbb9e0f40d7d561dcffcf7e41ac9f6a5ec90e5b5[log] [tgz]
authorMarc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>Thu Feb 01 14:27:54 2018 +0100
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>Wed Feb 07 14:09:25 2018 +0100
tree950d003f8c14f5408f9152fcdbf79dd137c71986
parent2ef8c0c99be7ee5b9dbceaae41b8890e7c81240f [diff]
Add memfd based hostmem

Add a new memory backend, similar to hostmem-file, except that it
doesn't need to create files. It also enforces memory sealing.

This backend is mainly useful for sharing the memory with other
processes.

Note that Linux supports transparent huge-pages of shmem/memfd memory
since 4.8. It is relatively easier to set up THP than a dedicate
hugepage mount point by using "madvise" in
/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/shmem_enabled.

Since 4.14, memfd allows to set hugetlb requirement explicitly.

Pending for merge in 4.16 is memfd sealing support for hugetlb backed
memory.

Usage:
-object memory-backend-memfd,id=mem1,size=1G

Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20180201132757.23063-5-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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tree: 950d003f8c14f5408f9152fcdbf79dd137c71986
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  6. chardev/
  7. contrib/
  8. crypto/
  9. default-configs/
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  11. docs/
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  15. hw/
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  21. migration/
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  23. net/
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  25. po/
  26. qapi/
  27. qga/
  28. qobject/
  29. qom/
  30. replay/
  31. roms/
  32. scripts/
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  35. stubs/
  36. target/
  37. tcg/
  38. tests/
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  42. capstone
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  56. blockdev-nbd.c
  57. blockdev.c
  58. blockjob.c
  59. bootdevice.c
  60. bt-host.c
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  62. Changelog
  63. CODING_STYLE
  64. configure
  65. COPYING
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  67. COPYING.PYTHON
  68. cpus-common.c
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  70. device-hotplug.c
  71. device_tree.c
  72. disas.c
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  74. dump.c
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  76. gdbstub.c
  77. HACKING
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  89. memory.c
  90. memory_ldst.inc.c
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  92. module-common.c
  93. monitor.c
  94. numa.c
  95. os-posix.c
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