Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 0/9] Add memfd memory backend

2018-01-09 Thread Eduardo Habkost
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 > 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 ava

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 0/9] Add memfd memory backend

2017-12-22 Thread Marc-André Lureau
Hi On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 4:18 PM, 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 transpare

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 0/9] Add memfd memory backend

2017-10-23 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. Since Linux 4.14, memfd supports explic