Arn wrote: > Hi , > > Regarding the guest swapping mechanism (host ability to swap out guest > pages), > > 1) Can the host swap out any page of a guest VM ? (including the > guest's kernel pages)
right now kvm can swap any pages but pages that are mapped in it mmu cache. (it doesnt matther if it kernel page or not)] with mmu notifiers witch probably be marged to 2.6.26 we will be able to swap the entire pages of the guest. > > 2) Does the guest know its page has been swapped out or is this > transparent to the guest ? ( I think the guest > wouldn't know but I just want to be sure) it doesnt know. > > 3) Is there any way the guest can prevent the host from swapping out > its pages ? not without writing new code. > > thanks > Arn > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
