[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 15/16] postcopy: Check for userfault+hugepage feature

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)]

From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <address@hidden>

We need extra Linux kernel support (~4.11) to support userfaults
on hugetlbfs; check for them.

Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <address@hidden>
---
 migration/postcopy-ram.c | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/migration/postcopy-ram.c b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
index 6b30b43..102fb61 100644
--- a/migration/postcopy-ram.c
+++ b/migration/postcopy-ram.c
@@ -81,6 +81,17 @@ static bool ufd_version_check(int ufd)
         return false;
     }
 
+    if (getpagesize() != ram_pagesize_summary()) {
+        bool have_hp = false;
+        /* We've got a huge page */
+#ifdef UFFD_FEATURE_MISSING_HUGETLBFS
+        have_hp = api_struct.features & UFFD_FEATURE_MISSING_HUGETLBFS;
+#endif
+        if (!have_hp) {
+            error_report("Userfault on this host does not support huge pages");
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -115,7 +126,6 @@ bool postcopy_ram_supported_by_host(void)
     if (!ufd_version_check(ufd)) {
         goto out;
     }
-    /* TODO: Only allow huge pages if the kernel supports it */
 
     /*
      * userfault and mlock don't go together; we'll put it back later if
-- 
2.9.3