Re: KSM without VT / KSM for all memory

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* Gordan Bobic (gordan@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Is it possible to use KSM:
> 1) Without hardware VT support

Yes.

KSM and hardware virtualization support are technically not related.

> 2) For all memory in a system, without patching all applications to  
> register with it

No.

Right now, an app must be modified to call madvise(MADV_MERGEABLE).
Further, the core scanning loop that ksmd performs is based on per-process
virtual memory regions rather than physical memory.

thanks,
-chris
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