Re: [PATCH RFC 00/15] vhost-user: isolated memory

Connor Kite <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:50:39 -0700
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.virtio-fs,org.nongnu.qemu-devel
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On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 12:08=E2=80=AFAM Demi Marie Obenour
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Does this approach work for a generic vhost-user device, as opposed to
> one that knows it is a block/network/etc device?  Also, how much overhead
> is there compared to the normal case?

The idea is for this approach to be agnostic to the specific device in use.

As noted on the cover letter, I am still working through some rough edges o=
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the implementation still, but when the project is more stable, I will be
benchmarking the effects of memory isolation on performance.