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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 02/42] exec: Fix memory allocation when memor
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Markus Armbruster |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 02/42] exec: Fix memory allocation when memory path isn't on hugetlbfs |
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Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:41:56 +0100 |
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Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> writes:
> On 07/03/2016 20:25, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> gethugepagesize() works reliably only when its argument is on
>> hugetlbfs. When it's not, it returns the filesystem's "optimal
>> transfer block size", which may or may not be the actual page size
>> you'll get when you mmap().
>>
>> If the value is too small or not a power of two, we fail
>> qemu_ram_mmap()'s assertions. These were added in commit 794e8f3
>> (v2.5.0). The bug's impact before that is currently unknown. Seems
>> fairly unlikely at least when the normal page size is 4KiB.
>>
>> Else, if the value is too large, we align more strictly than
>> necessary.
>>
>> gethugepagesize() goes back to commit c902760 (v0.13). That commit
>> clearly intended gethugepagesize() to be used on hugetlbfs only. Not
>> only was it named accordingly, it also printed a warning when used on
>> anything else. However, the commit neglected to spell out the
>> restriction in user documentation of -mem-path.
>>
>> Commit bfc2a1a (v2.5.0) dropped the warning as bogus "because QEMU
>> functions perfectly well with the path on a regular tmpfs filesystem".
>> It sure does when you're sufficiently lucky. In my testing, I was
>> lucky, too.
>>
>> Fix by switching to qemu_fd_getpagesize(). Rename the variable
>> holding its result from hpagesize to page_size.
>>
>> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
>> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
[...]
>
> Queued, thanks.
Not in master, yet. What repo+branch should I use as base for v3?
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- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 06/42] qemu-doc: Fix ivshmem huge page example, Markus Armbruster, 2016/03/07
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 35/42] ivshmem: Inline check_shm_size() into its only caller, Markus Armbruster, 2016/03/07
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