On 3 April 2014 08:26, Marc Zyngier <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Eric, > > On 03/04/14 16:17, Eric Auger wrote: >> Currently when a KVM region is removed using >> kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_region (with memory region size equal to 0), the >> corresponding intermediate physical memory is not unmapped. >> >> This patch unmaps the region's IPA range in >> kvm_arch_commit_memory_region using unmap_stage2_range. >> >> The patch was tested on QEMU VFIO based use case where RAM memory region >> creation/deletion frequently happens for IRQ handling. >> >> Notes: >> - the KVM_MR_MOVE case shall request some similar addition but I cannot test >> this currently > > I think you should try to handle it anyway. I'm sure you could hack QEMU > to do this test it, but even if you don't, better plug that hole right now. > I don't think we want untested code in the kernel if we can avoid it, so I would say, either test it somehow (kvm-unit-tests ?) or print a warning...?
-Christoffer -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
