Re: Memory usage with qemu-kvm-0.12.1.1

[Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>]

On 12/31/2009 12:02 PM, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Dec 2009, Daniel Bareiro wrote:
>>
>> What tests would be recommendable to make to reproduce the problem?
>
> Oh, I thought you were the one seeing the problem!  If you cannot
> easily reproduce it, then please don't spend too long over it.
>
> I've never noticed it myself (perhaps because my workaday loads are
> too light, and my testing loads too heavy): I was just judging by
> the content of Rik's patch.  Rik cites AIM7 in his description,
> but perhaps someone knows an easier way to demonstrate it; though
> I was more interested in whether it also fixes the problem you saw.

I believe Avi has seen the problem and is motivated to
get the patch into -stable :)

> Thanks go to Rik for the patch.  And thanks for your report and
> testing, but please don't put yourself out over it: the patch
> already looks good, and I think it should go to -stable with
> or without the commendation of whether it works for you.

I agree that the patch should be safe for -stable.

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