From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: real mode emulation and memory consumption Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:33:15 +0200 Message-ID: <474D0BAB.3070808@qumranet.com> References: <1192024390.1905.8.camel@linux> <20071127013124.GB13274@tapir><1196150839.7490.2.camel@linux> <474C7CA1.1040604@qumranet.com> <5461330FA59EDB46BE9AB8AAF2C431AD05DCE0DC@scsmsx412.amr.corp.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel To: "Kamble, Nitin A" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5461330FA59EDB46BE9AB8AAF2C431AD05DCE0DC-1a9uaKK1+wJcIJlls4ac1rfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org> 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 Kamble, Nitin A wrote: > Hi Avi, > I am noticing that with SL 10.1 The QEMU process memory consumption > steadily increases, up the the guest memory size and then the guest dies > with unhandled vmexit. If I change the guest memory size I can see the > qemu process dies accordingly, after reaching the size of allotted guest > memory. > Does this hint you to any issues? > > Are you talking about RSS? That's normal behavior (except for the untimely death). kvm allocates memory on demand, like regular Linux processes. -- Any sufficiently difficult bug is indistinguishable from a feature. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4