Before replacing byte-based dirty bitmap with bit-based dirty bitmap, clearing direct accesses to the bitmap first seems to be good point to start with. This patch set is based on the following discussion. http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg30724.html Thanks, Yoshi -- 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