linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] ksm - dynamic page sharing driver for linux

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Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:33:51 +0300
From:	Izik Eidus <ieidus@...hat.com>
To:	Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, avi@...hat.com, aarcange@...hat.com,
	chrisw@...hat.com, riel@...hat.com, jeremy@...p.org,
	mtosatti@...hat.com, hugh@...itas.com, corbet@....net,
	yaniv@...hat.com, dmonakhov@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] ksm - dynamic page sharing driver for linux

Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Izik Eidus wrote:
>> I am sending another seires of patchs for kvm kernel and kvm-userspace
>> that would allow users of kvm to test ksm with it.
>> The kvm patchs would apply to Avi git tree.
>>   
> Any reason to not take these through upstream QEMU instead of 
> kvm-userspace?  In principle, I don't see anything that would prevent 
> normal QEMU from almost making use of this functionality.  That would 
> make it one less thing to eventually have to merge...

The changes for the kvm-userspace were just provided for testing it...
After we will have ksm inside the kernel we will send another patch to 
qemu-devel that will add support for it.

>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori

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