From: "Nico Boehr" <nrb@linux.ibm.com>
To: "Janosch Frank" <frankja@linux.ibm.com>, <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-s390@vger.kernel.org>, <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>,
<borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>, <nrb@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [kvm-unit-tests 3/5] lib: s390x: sie: Free guest memory on destroy
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:21:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DHTSMVSISIZM.3MS0YLDBLMB09@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260415085145.91197-4-frankja@linux.ibm.com>
On Wed Apr 15, 2026 at 10:45 AM CEST, Janosch Frank wrote:
> We never freed the memory that the sie library allocates as the guest
> ram on destruction of the VM. Most tests reuse the VM or just leak the
> memory since the standard allocation is one megabyte and tests only
> use single digit numbers of VMs.
>
> It's time to add automatic freeing to the sie library when a VM is
> destroyed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> lib/s390x/sie.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/lib/s390x/sie.c b/lib/s390x/sie.c
> index a49c45c7..758ead77 100644
> --- a/lib/s390x/sie.c
> +++ b/lib/s390x/sie.c
> @@ -192,4 +192,5 @@ void sie_guest_destroy(struct vm *vm)
> free_page(vm->sblk);
> if (vm->sblk->ecb2 & ECB2_ESCA)
> free_page(vm->sca);
> + free_pages((void *)virt_to_pte_phys(get_page_root(), vm->guest_mem));
> }
Is there a particular reason why we have a two-step process of calling
sie_guest_alloc() for memory allocation
and then
sie_guest_create() for initializing the sie_block etc
but
sie_guest_destroy()
cleans up both?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-15 14:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-15 8:45 [kvm-unit-tests 0/5] s390x: Cleanup virtualization library Janosch Frank
2026-04-15 8:45 ` [kvm-unit-tests 1/5] lib: s390x: Add function to get page root Janosch Frank
2026-04-15 11:53 ` Nico Boehr
2026-04-15 12:01 ` Janosch Frank
2026-04-15 8:45 ` [kvm-unit-tests 2/5] lib: s390x: sie: Allocate physical guest memory via memalign Janosch Frank
2026-04-15 8:45 ` [kvm-unit-tests 3/5] lib: s390x: sie: Free guest memory on destroy Janosch Frank
2026-04-15 14:21 ` Nico Boehr [this message]
2026-04-15 8:45 ` [kvm-unit-tests 4/5] lib: s390x: snippet: Add function to create a guest of specific length Janosch Frank
2026-04-15 8:45 ` [kvm-unit-tests 5/5] lib: s390x: Remove kvm s390 prefix from sie control block Janosch Frank
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