On 25.01.22 12:19, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > * David Hildenbrand (da...@redhat.com) wrote: >> "prealloc=on" for the memory backend does not work as expected, as >> virtio-mem will simply discard all preallocated memory immediately again. >> In the best case, it's an expensive NOP. In the worst case, it's an >> unexpected allocation error. >> >> Instead, "prealloc=on" should be specified for the virtio-mem device only, >> such that virtio-mem will try preallocating memory before plugging >> memory dynamically to the guest. >> >> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <da...@redhat.com> > > Why is this a warning rather than an error that stops creation of the > device?
No strong opinion, an error might actually be better. -- Thanks, David / dhildenb
