Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] Add huge page support to libvirt..

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:35:17AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote: > * Mark McLoughlin (markmc(a)redhat.com) wrote: > > I'd suggest /dev/hugepages as the default - /hugetlbfs has an seriously > > unstandard whiff about it > > What about /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/hugetlb and having the whole thing under > libvirt's control? It can allow for better security I think. Does hugetlbfs support extended attributes ? If so, the sVirt will automatically ensure isolation of each VM's backing file. If it doesn't supported extended attrs, then using hugetlbs at all would seem to blow a huge hole in our security model ...