Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4] Add option to mlock qemu and guest memory

2013-04-22 Thread Anthony Liguori
Applied. Thanks. Regards, Anthony Liguori

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4] Add option to mlock qemu and guest memory

2013-04-22 Thread Satoru Moriya
Hi Vinod, Thank you for your report. (2013/04/22 14:16), Chegu Vinod wrote: FYI... I had tried to use this change earlier and it did show some improvements in perf. (due to reduced exits). But as expected mlockall () on large sized guests adds a considerable delay in boot time. Yes, it is

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4] Add option to mlock qemu and guest memory

2013-04-21 Thread Chegu Vinod
Hi Satoru, FYI... I had tried to use this change earlier and it did show some improvements in perf. (due to reduced exits). But as expected mlockall () on large sized guests adds a considerable delay in boot time. For e.g. on an 8 socket Westmere box = a 256G guest : took an additional ~2+

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4] Add option to mlock qemu and guest memory

2013-04-03 Thread Markus Armbruster
Seiji Aguchi seiji.agu...@hds.com writes: Anthony, Currently my company doesn't allow me to use git-send-email to send a email. So now I'm trying to find work around with IT. Satoru and I still talk if we can use git-send-email with my company IT. But, it seems to take a long time...

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4] Add option to mlock qemu and guest memory

2013-04-02 Thread Seiji Aguchi
...@hitachi.com Subject: RE: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4] Add option to mlock qemu and guest memory -Original Message- From: Anthony Liguori [mailto:aligu...@us.ibm.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:18 AM To: Satoru Moriya; qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Jan Kiszka; mtosa

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4] Add option to mlock qemu and guest memory

2013-04-02 Thread Anthony Liguori
- deve...@lists.sourceforge.net; satoru.moriya...@hitachi.com Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4] Add option to mlock qemu and guest memory Satoru Moriya satoru.mor...@hds.com writes: In certain scenario, latency induced by paging is significant and memory locking is needed. Also

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4] Add option to mlock qemu and guest memory

2013-03-27 Thread Anthony Liguori
Satoru Moriya satoru.mor...@hds.com writes: In certain scenario, latency induced by paging is significant and memory locking is needed. Also, in the scenario with untrusted guests, latency improvement due to mlock is desired. This patch introduces a following new option to mlock guest and

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4] Add option to mlock qemu and guest memory

2013-03-27 Thread Satoru Moriya
; satoru.moriya...@hitachi.com Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4] Add option to mlock qemu and guest memory Satoru Moriya satoru.mor...@hds.com writes: In certain scenario, latency induced by paging is significant and memory locking is needed. Also, in the scenario with untrusted guests, latency

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4] Add option to mlock qemu and guest memory

2013-03-26 Thread Satoru Moriya
In certain scenario, latency induced by paging is significant and memory locking is needed. Also, in the scenario with untrusted guests, latency improvement due to mlock is desired. This patch introduces a following new option to mlock guest and qemu memory: -realtime mlock=on|off