Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752949AbbGBNIm (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jul 2015 09:08:42 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:52494 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753349AbbGBNIR (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jul 2015 09:08:17 -0400 From: Igor Mammedov To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: mst@redhat.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v4 2/2] vhost: add max_mem_regions module parameter Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 15:08:11 +0200 Message-Id: <1435842491-131872-3-git-send-email-imammedo@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1435842491-131872-1-git-send-email-imammedo@redhat.com> References: <1435842491-131872-1-git-send-email-imammedo@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1601 Lines: 51 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 --- 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/