Fallback to qemu_vmalloc in case file_ram_alloc fails. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx> --- exec.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c index 3416aed..56b5561 100644 --- a/exec.c +++ b/exec.c @@ -2775,8 +2775,12 @@ ram_addr_t qemu_ram_alloc(ram_addr_t size) if (mem_path) { #if defined (__linux__) && !defined(TARGET_S390X) new_block->host = file_ram_alloc(size, mem_path); - if (!new_block->host) - exit(1); + if (!new_block->host) { + new_block->host = qemu_vmalloc(size); +#ifdef MADV_MERGEABLE + madvise(new_block->host, size, MADV_MERGEABLE); +#endif + } #else fprintf(stderr, "-mem-path option unsupported\n"); exit(1); -- 1.6.6.1 -- 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