Currently, x86_64-softmmu qemu segfaults when trying to use > 4095M memsize. This patch adds a simple check and error message (much like the 2047 limit on 32-bit hosts) on ram_size in the control path after we determine we're not using kvm Upstream qemu-kvm is affected if using the -no-kvm option; this patch address the segfault there as well. Signed-off-by: Ryan Harper <ryanh@xxxxxxxxxx> --- vl.c | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c index db7a178..a659e98 100644 --- a/vl.c +++ b/vl.c @@ -5760,6 +5760,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) fprintf(stderr, "failed to initialize KVM\n"); exit(1); } + } else { + /* without kvm enabled, we can only support 4095 MB RAM */ + if (ram_size > (4095UL << 20)) { + fprintf(stderr, "qemu: without kvm support at most 4095 MB RAM can be simulated\n"); + exit(1); + } } if (qemu_init_main_loop()) { -- 1.6.3.3 -- Ryan Harper Software Engineer; Linux Technology Center IBM Corp., Austin, Tx ryanh@xxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html