Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 0/3] Add memfd memory backend

2017-06-23 Thread Eduardo Habkost
On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 11:58:14AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote: > On 21.06.2017 16:02, 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 slig

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 0/3] Add memfd memory backend

2017-06-22 Thread David Hildenbrand
On 21.06.2017 16:02, 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 sin

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 0/3] Add memfd memory backend

2017-06-21 Thread Marc-André Lureau
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. v4: - rebased, now that preliminary pat