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authorAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2010-06-21 11:48:05 +0300
committerAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2010-08-01 10:47:01 +0300
commitb74a07beed0e64bfba413dcb70dd6749c57f43dc (patch)
tree7a04532866b919718d41bbb75a21966aa4e48904 /Documentation
parenta1f4d39500ad8ed61825eff061debff42386ab5b (diff)
KVM: Remove kernel-allocated memory regions
Equivalent (and better) functionality is provided by user-allocated memory regions. Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kvm/api.txt24
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index ad1e90dd278..123ec0e2373 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -548,16 +548,6 @@ Who: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
----------------------------
-What: KVM kernel-allocated memory slots
-When: July 2010
-Why: Since 2.6.25, kvm supports user-allocated memory slots, which are
- much more flexible than kernel-allocated slots. All current userspace
- supports the newer interface and this code can be removed with no
- impact.
-Who: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
-
-----------------------------
-
What: KVM paravirt mmu host support
When: January 2011
Why: The paravirt mmu host support is slower than non-paravirt mmu, both
diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
index 7e415943a11..d9b00f15fbe 100644
--- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
@@ -160,29 +160,7 @@ Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_memory_region (in)
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
-struct kvm_memory_region {
- __u32 slot;
- __u32 flags;
- __u64 guest_phys_addr;
- __u64 memory_size; /* bytes */
-};
-
-/* for kvm_memory_region::flags */
-#define KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES 1UL
-
-This ioctl allows the user to create or modify a guest physical memory
-slot. When changing an existing slot, it may be moved in the guest
-physical memory space, or its flags may be modified. It may not be
-resized. Slots may not overlap.
-
-The flags field supports just one flag, KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES, which
-instructs kvm to keep track of writes to memory within the slot. See
-the KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl.
-
-It is recommended to use the KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION ioctl instead
-of this API, if available. This newer API allows placing guest memory
-at specified locations in the host address space, yielding better
-control and easy access.
+This ioctl is obsolete and has been removed.
4.6 KVM_CREATE_VCPU