linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 2/2] vhost: add max_mem

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Date:	Thu,  2 Jul 2015 15:08:11 +0200
From:	Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mst@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/2] vhost: add max_mem_regions module parameter

it became possible to use a bigger amount of memory
slots, which is used by memory hotplug for
registering hotplugged memory.
However QEMU crashes if it's used with more than ~60
pc-dimm devices and vhost-net enabled since host kernel
in module vhost-net refuses to accept more than 64
memory regions.

Allow to tweak limit via max_mem_regions module paramemter
with default value set to 64 slots.

Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 6488011..9a68e2e 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@
 
 #include "vhost.h"
 
+static ushort max_mem_regions = 64;
+module_param(max_mem_regions, ushort, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_mem_regions,
+	"Maximum number of memory regions in memory map. (default: 64)");
+
 enum {
-	VHOST_MEMORY_MAX_NREGIONS = 64,
 	VHOST_MEMORY_F_LOG = 0x1,
 };
 
@@ -696,7 +700,7 @@ static long vhost_set_memory(struct vhost_dev *d, struct vhost_memory __user *m)
 		return -EFAULT;
 	if (mem.padding)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (mem.nregions > VHOST_MEMORY_MAX_NREGIONS)
+	if (mem.nregions > max_mem_regions)
 		return -E2BIG;
 	newmem = vhost_kvzalloc(size + mem.nregions * sizeof(*m->regions));
 	if (!newmem)
-- 
1.8.3.1

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