Dimitry Golubovsky wrote: > Avi, > > On 6/13/07, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > BTW if qemu_system_x86-64 runs at user privileges, can the memory >> > consumed be subject to whatever per-user limits that may be set >> > systemwide? >> > >> >> That's the intent, but currently this isn't implemented. > > So, expecting that eventually it will be, it seems to be worth > pursuing running kvm at users privileges at the moment memory is being > consumed. Such memory limit control will be easier to implement in > this case rather than if all instances of KVM ran at root. >
Sure. Running kvm as a nonprivileged user is a supported and recommended way of working. A virtual machine is subject to all user access restrictions except, at the moment, the memory locking limits. [We could as a temporary measure check against RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, but this seems hardly worthwhile; better to fix the issue instead] -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
