KVM: Guest page hinting
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| Version | Posted | Patches | Replies | Status |
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| v3 | 5 patches | 1 reply | Superseded | |
| v1 RFC | 3 patches | 8 replies | Superseded |
Changes in v6 from the cover letter
-Moved CONFIG_KVM_FREE_PAGE_HINTING from virt/kvm/Kconfig to arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig in order to resolve conflicts with other architectures:
*s390 has its own page hinting functionality
*powerpc has its own arch_free_page implementation
-Fixed the typo in virtio_balloon structure which caused compilation issues when guest page hinting was disabled -Separated init_vqs implementation with and without hinting_vq enablement based on the CONFIG_KVM_FREE_PAGE_HINTING ifdef
Patches in v6 No applies recorded yet
| # | Subject and files | Size | Replies | Applied |
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| 1/7 | KVM: Support for guest page hintingarch/ arch/ arch/ +2 more | +62 | 0 replies | |
| 2/7 | KVM: Guest page hinting functionalityvirt/ | +243 | 0 replies | |
| 3/7 | KVM: Adding tracepoints for guest page hintinginclude/ virt/ | +119 | 0 replies | |
| 4/7 | virtio: Exposes added descriptor to the other side synchronouslydrivers/ include/ | +175 | 0 replies | |
| 5/7 | KVM: Sending hyperlist to the host via hinting_vqdrivers/ include/ include/ +1 more | +129 | 0 replies | |
| 6/7 | KVM: Enabling guest page hinting via static keydrivers/ include/ include/ +2 more | +66 | 0 replies | |
| 7/7 | KVM: Disabling page poisoning to avoid memory corruption errorsinclude/ mm/ virt/ | +11 | 0 replies |
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Cover letter [Patch v6 0/7] KVM: Guest page hinting
Changelog in v6:
-Moved CONFIG_KVM_FREE_PAGE_HINTING from virt/kvm/Kconfig to arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig in order to resolve conflicts with other architectures:
*s390 has its own page hinting functionality
*powerpc has its own arch_free_page implementation
-Fixed the typo in virtio_balloon structure which caused compilation issues when guest page hinting was disabled -Separated init_vqs implementation with and without hinting_vq enablement based on the CONFIG_KVM_FREE_PAGE_HINTING ifdef
Virtio interface changes are picked up from Wei's patch-set for Virtio-balloon enhancement[3]. "Wei, How would you like me to credit you in the final patch?")