Re: SWIOTLB allocates unneeded 64 MB buffer in guests

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2016-08-26 9:16 GMT+08:00 Yang Zhang <yang.zhang.wz@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On 2016/8/24 22:36, Benjamin Serebrin wrote:
>>
>> iommu=off would kill the SWIOTLB as well, while swiotlb=1 consumes 1MB.
>>
>> However, maintaining guests' kernel commandlines is something we'd
>> like to stay away from if possible.  It's certainly a short-term
>
>
> I don't quite understand why stay away from kernel command line. It provides
> more flexibility, allowing you to turn on/off it by yourself.

I agree with Benjamin, it will result in customers have to tune their
guest OSes kernel command line or we supply guest images w/ kernel
command line modification.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

>
>
>> answer, or something individual customers can choose to do today.
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