On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 06:12:20PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote: > Add a new Linux-specific memory backend, similar to hostmem-file, > except that it doesn't need file path. It also try to enforce memory > sealing if available. It is thus slightly easier and secure, and is > compatible with transparent huge-pages since Linux 4.8.
What about explicit huge pages ? They are the key scenario scenario where libvirt uses hostmem-file. AFAICT, there's no way to request explicit huge pages with memfd_create() syscall :-( Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
