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| author | Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> | 2010-06-21 11:48:05 +0300 |
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| committer | Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> | 2010-08-01 10:47:01 +0300 |
| commit | b74a07beed0e64bfba413dcb70dd6749c57f43dc (patch) | |
| tree | 7a04532866b919718d41bbb75a21966aa4e48904 /Documentation | |
| parent | a1f4d39500ad8ed61825eff061debff42386ab5b (diff) | |
| download | linux-b74a07beed0e64bfba413dcb70dd6749c57f43dc.tar.bz2 | |
KVM: Remove kernel-allocated memory regions
Equivalent (and better) functionality is provided by user-allocated memory
regions.
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kvm/api.txt | 24 |
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index ad1e90dd2780..123ec0e23738 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -548,16 +548,6 @@ Who: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> ---------------------------- -What: KVM kernel-allocated memory slots -When: July 2010 -Why: Since 2.6.25, kvm supports user-allocated memory slots, which are - much more flexible than kernel-allocated slots. All current userspace - supports the newer interface and this code can be removed with no - impact. -Who: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> - ----------------------------- - What: KVM paravirt mmu host support When: January 2011 Why: The paravirt mmu host support is slower than non-paravirt mmu, both diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt index 7e415943a11e..d9b00f15fbe6 100644 --- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt @@ -160,29 +160,7 @@ Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_memory_region (in) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error -struct kvm_memory_region { - __u32 slot; - __u32 flags; - __u64 guest_phys_addr; - __u64 memory_size; /* bytes */ -}; - -/* for kvm_memory_region::flags */ -#define KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES 1UL - -This ioctl allows the user to create or modify a guest physical memory -slot. When changing an existing slot, it may be moved in the guest -physical memory space, or its flags may be modified. It may not be -resized. Slots may not overlap. - -The flags field supports just one flag, KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES, which -instructs kvm to keep track of writes to memory within the slot. See -the KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl. - -It is recommended to use the KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION ioctl instead -of this API, if available. This newer API allows placing guest memory -at specified locations in the host address space, yielding better -control and easy access. +This ioctl is obsolete and has been removed. 4.6 KVM_CREATE_VCPU |