[libvirt] [PATCH] docs: Improve description of <hard_limit>

Peter Krempa pkrempa at redhat.com
Mon Dec 17 08:47:08 UTC 2018


On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 15:13:31 -0700, Jim Fehlig wrote:
> /domain/memtune/hard_limit provides a way to cap the memory a VM process
> can use, including the amount of memory the process can lock. When memory
> locking of a VM is requested, <hard_limit> can be used to prevent the
> potential host DoS issue mentioned in /domain/memoryBacking/locked
> description.
> 
> This patch improves the <hard_limit> text by clarifying it can be used
> to prevent "host crashing" when VM memory is locked.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig at suse.com>
> ---
>  docs/formatdomain.html.in | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

ACK, the new wording is much better and does not sound like it's mocking
the user.
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