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From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@gmail.com>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: rkrcmar@redhat.com, alexander.h.duyck@linux.intel.com,
	x86@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, hpa@zytor.com,
	pbonzini@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH QEMU] i386/kvm: Enable paravirtual unused page hint mechanism
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:19:49 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190204181825.12252.81443.stgit@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190204181118.12095.38300.stgit@localhost.localdomain>

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@linux.intel.com>

This patch adds the flag named kvm-pv-unused-page-hint. This functionality
is enabled by kvm for x86 and provides a mechanism by which the guest can
indicate to the host which pages it is no longer using. By providing these
hints the guest can help to reduce the memory pressure on the host as
dirtied pages will be cleared and not written out to swap if they are
marked as being unused.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@linux.intel.com>
---
 target/i386/cpu.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 2f5412592d30..0d19a9dc64f1 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ static FeatureWordInfo feature_word_info[FEATURE_WORDS] = {
             "kvmclock", "kvm-nopiodelay", "kvm-mmu", "kvmclock",
             "kvm-asyncpf", "kvm-steal-time", "kvm-pv-eoi", "kvm-pv-unhalt",
             NULL, "kvm-pv-tlb-flush", NULL, "kvm-pv-ipi",
-            NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+            "kvm-pv-unused-page-hint", NULL, NULL, NULL,
             NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
             NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
             "kvmclock-stable-bit", NULL, NULL, NULL,


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-02-04 18:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-02-04 18:15 [RFC PATCH 0/4] kvm: Report unused guest pages to host Alexander Duyck
2019-02-04 18:15 ` [RFC PATCH 1/4] madvise: Expose ability to set dontneed from kernel Alexander Duyck
2019-02-04 18:15 ` [RFC PATCH 2/4] kvm: Add host side support for free memory hints Alexander Duyck
2019-02-10  0:44   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-02-11 17:34     ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-11 17:34       ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-11 17:36       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-02-11 17:41     ` Dave Hansen
2019-02-11 17:48       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-02-11 18:30         ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-11 18:30           ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-11 19:24           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-02-04 18:15 ` [RFC PATCH 3/4] kvm: Add guest " Alexander Duyck
2019-02-04 19:44   ` Dave Hansen
2019-02-04 20:42     ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-04 20:42       ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-04 23:00   ` Nadav Amit
2019-02-04 23:37     ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-04 23:37       ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-05  0:03       ` Nadav Amit
2019-02-05  0:16         ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-05  0:16           ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-05  1:46           ` Nadav Amit
2019-02-05 18:09             ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-05 18:09               ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-07 18:21   ` Luiz Capitulino
2019-02-07 18:44     ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-07 18:44       ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-07 20:02       ` Luiz Capitulino
2019-02-07 20:02         ` Luiz Capitulino
2019-02-08 21:05       ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-02-08 21:31         ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-08 21:31           ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-10  0:49   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-02-11 16:31     ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-11 16:31       ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-11 17:36       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-02-11 18:10         ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-11 18:10           ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-11 19:54           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-02-11 21:00             ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-11 21:00               ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-11 22:52               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-02-12  0:09                 ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-12  0:34                   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-02-11 17:48     ` Dave Hansen
2019-02-11 17:58       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-02-11 18:19         ` Dave Hansen
2019-02-11 19:56           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-02-04 18:15 ` [RFC PATCH 4/4] mm: Add merge page notifier Alexander Duyck
2019-02-04 19:40   ` Dave Hansen
2019-02-04 19:51     ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-04 19:51       ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-10  0:57   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-02-11 13:30     ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-02-11 14:17       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-02-11 16:24         ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-02-11 17:41           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-02-11 18:09             ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-02-11  6:40   ` Aaron Lu
2019-02-11 15:58     ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-11 15:58       ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-12  2:09       ` Aaron Lu
2019-02-12 17:20         ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-12 17:20           ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-04 18:19 ` Alexander Duyck [this message]
2019-02-05 17:25 ` [RFC PATCH 0/4] kvm: Report unused guest pages to host Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-02-05 18:43   ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-05 18:43     ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-07 14:48 ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-02-07 16:56   ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-07 16:56     ` Alexander Duyck
2019-02-10  0:51 ` Michael S. Tsirkin

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