linux-kernel - Re: transparent huge pages breaks KVM on AMD.

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Date:	Fri, 13 May 2016 16:59:08 +0200
From:	Marc Haber <mh+linux-kernel@...schlus.de>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@...blig.org>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm ML <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: transparent huge pages breaks KVM on AMD.

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 10:07:45AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 07:23:34AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> > How do I apply this?
> 
> I'm attaching it.

Had the VM crashing twice with this patch applied, THP==madvise on the
host and THP==never in the VM.

Now trying the other patch, assuming that it's intended to be used
_instead_ of this one.

Greetings
Marc

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