On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 07:48:43PM +0100, Marc-André Lureau wrote: > Hi > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 4:18 PM, Marc-André Lureau > <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com> 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. > > > > Since Linux 4.14, memfd supports explicit hugetlb, however without > > sealing. > > A little update here, 4.16 is likely to support sealing with hugetlb > too (patches are in -mm tree). This should make memfd the prefered > backend for sharing memory with a vhost-user backend. > > please review. > thanks
I've queued patches 1-2 on machine-next. I plan to review the rest soon. Sorry for the long delay. -- Eduardo
