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Re: [PATCH for-4.15] x86/mem_sharing: copy parent VM's hostp2m's max_mapped_pfn during forking



Tamas K Lengyel writes ("Re: [PATCH for-4.15] x86/mem_sharing: copy parent VM's 
hostp2m's max_mapped_pfn during forking"):
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 5:36 PM Tamas K Lengyel <tamas.lengyel@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> >
> > When creating a VM fork copy the parent VM's hostp2m max_mapped_pfn value. 
> > Some
> > toolstack relies on the XENMEM_maximum_gpfn value to establish the maximum
> > addressable physical memory in the VM and for forks that have not yet been
> > unpaused that value is not going to reflect the correct max gpfn that's
> > possible to populate into the p2m. This patch fixes the issue.
...
> CC-ing Ian as 4.15 release manager. This patch is safe to include in
> 4.15 as it's a minor fix in a tech preview feature that's not even
> compiled by default.

As far as I can tell this patch is lacking a maintainer review ?

Release-Acked-by: Ian Jackson <iwj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

*Provided that it is committed today*  I'm not sure how likely that is.

Thanks,
Ian.



 


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