This reverts commit 919f6cd8bb2fe7151f8aecebc3b3d1ca2567396e.
The patch was applied twice.
The first commit is eca6be566d47029f945a5f8e1c94d374e31df2ca.
Reported-by: Cornelia Huck <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 17 -----------------
1 file changed, 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index b62ad0d94234..26dc1280b49b 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -69,23 +69,6 @@ by and on behalf of the VM's process may not be freed/unaccounted when
the VM is shut down.
-It is important to note that althought VM ioctls may only be issued from
-the process that created the VM, a VM's lifecycle is associated with its
-file descriptor, not its creator (process). In other words, the VM and
-its resources, *including the associated address space*, are not freed
-until the last reference to the VM's file descriptor has been released.
-For example, if fork() is issued after ioctl(KVM_CREATE_VM), the VM will
-not be freed until both the parent (original) process and its child have
-put their references to the VM's file descriptor.
-
-Because a VM's resources are not freed until the last reference to its
-file descriptor is released, creating additional references to a VM via
-via fork(), dup(), etc... without careful consideration is strongly
-discouraged and may have unwanted side effects, e.g. memory allocated
-by and on behalf of the VM's process may not be freed/unaccounted when
-the VM is shut down.
-
-
3. Extensions
-------------
--
2.20.1
On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:25:35 +0200
Radim Krčmář <[email protected]> wrote:
> This reverts commit 919f6cd8bb2fe7151f8aecebc3b3d1ca2567396e.
>
> The patch was applied twice.
> The first commit is eca6be566d47029f945a5f8e1c94d374e31df2ca.
>
> Reported-by: Cornelia Huck <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <[email protected]>
> ---
> Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 17 -----------------
> 1 file changed, 17 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <[email protected]>
On 29/04/19 15:25, Radim Krčmář wrote:
> This reverts commit 919f6cd8bb2fe7151f8aecebc3b3d1ca2567396e.
>
> The patch was applied twice.
> The first commit is eca6be566d47029f945a5f8e1c94d374e31df2ca.
>
> Reported-by: Cornelia Huck <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <[email protected]>
> ---
> Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 17 -----------------
> 1 file changed, 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
> index b62ad0d94234..26dc1280b49b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
> @@ -69,23 +69,6 @@ by and on behalf of the VM's process may not be freed/unaccounted when
> the VM is shut down.
>
>
> -It is important to note that althought VM ioctls may only be issued from
> -the process that created the VM, a VM's lifecycle is associated with its
> -file descriptor, not its creator (process). In other words, the VM and
> -its resources, *including the associated address space*, are not freed
> -until the last reference to the VM's file descriptor has been released.
> -For example, if fork() is issued after ioctl(KVM_CREATE_VM), the VM will
> -not be freed until both the parent (original) process and its child have
> -put their references to the VM's file descriptor.
> -
> -Because a VM's resources are not freed until the last reference to its
> -file descriptor is released, creating additional references to a VM via
> -via fork(), dup(), etc... without careful consideration is strongly
> -discouraged and may have unwanted side effects, e.g. memory allocated
> -by and on behalf of the VM's process may not be freed/unaccounted when
> -the VM is shut down.
> -
> -
> 3. Extensions
> -------------
>
>
Applied, thanks.
Paolo