Chris Wright wrote: > * Izik Eidus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> this module find this identical data (pages) and merge them into one >> single page >> this new page is write protected so in any case the guest will try to >> write to it do_wp_page will duplicate the page >> > > What happens if you've merged more pages than you can recover on write > faults? >
You start to swap. Just like Linux when you start to write on fork()ed memory. A management application may start taking measures, like inflating balloons and migrating to other hosts, but swapping is needed as a last resort measure. -- Any sufficiently difficult bug is indistinguishable from a feature. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
