Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-46 release

[Dor Laor <dor.laor-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

Haydn Solomon wrote:
> Should we be seeing a mmap file when running guests now or do we have 
> to use a special flag when running kvm?
>
Nope, the default is user space allocation were a regular malloc is used 
for allocating the guest ram from userspace.
The mmap is for future shared memory implementations for parts of the 
guest memory space.
> On 10/10/07, *Avi Kivity* < avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org 
> <mailto:avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>> wrote:
>
>     Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>     > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 10:28:24AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
>     >
>     >> We've now switched to allocating guest memory in userspace
>     rather than
>     >> in the kernel.  This is important if you have a mainframe, but
>     also if
>     >> you want to share memory between guests and implement nice
>     features like
>     >> swapping.
>     >>
>     >
>     > Is the memory allocation swappable by default, or still pinned
>     in RAM by
>     > default ?
>     >
>     >
>
>     It's still not swappable.  That will come in a future release.
>
>
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