From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dor Laor Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-46 release Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:59:51 +0200 Message-ID: <470CE8E7.7010001@qumranet.com> References: <470C8D28.2060408@qumranet.com> <20071010133912.GB1894@redhat.com> <470CD61A.4090103@qumranet.com> Reply-To: dor.laor-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel , Avi Kivity To: Haydn Solomon Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.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 > > 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. > > > -- > error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/