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Re: [PATCH] hostmem: don't use mbind() if host-nodes is epmty


From: Eduardo Habkost
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hostmem: don't use mbind() if host-nodes is epmty
Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 11:44:50 -0400

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 11:46:06AM -0400, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> Since 5.0 QEMU uses hostmem backend for allocating main guest RAM.
> The backend however calls mbind() which is typically NOP
> in case of default policy/absent host-nodes bitmap.
> However when runing in container with black-listed mbind()
> syscall, QEMU fails to start with error
>  "cannot bind memory to host NUMA nodes: Operation not permitted"
> even when user hasn't provided host-nodes to pin to explictly
> (which is the case with -m option)
> 
> To fix issue, call mbind() only in case when user has provided
> host-nodes explicitly (i.e. host_nodes bitmap is not empty).
> That should allow to run QEMU in containers with black-listed
> mbind() without memory pinning. If QEMU provided memory-pinning
> is required user still has to white-list mbind() in container
> configuration.
> 
> Reported-by: Manuel Hohmann <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <address@hidden>

Queued on machine-next, thanks!

-- 
Eduardo




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