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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 58347664b2..c0fbd5b149 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -2525,6 +2525,19 @@ void qemu_ram_set_idstr(ram_addr_t addr, const char *name, DeviceState *dev)
}
}
+static int memory_try_enable_merging(void *addr, size_t len)
+{
+ QemuOpts *opts;
+
+ opts = qemu_opts_find(qemu_find_opts("machine"), 0);
+ if (opts && !qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "mem-merge", true)) {
+ /* disabled by the user */
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ return qemu_madvise(addr, len, QEMU_MADV_MERGEABLE);
+}
+
ram_addr_t qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(ram_addr_t size, void *host,
MemoryRegion *mr)
{
@@ -2544,7 +2557,7 @@ ram_addr_t qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(ram_addr_t size, void *host,
new_block->host = file_ram_alloc(new_block, size, mem_path);
if (!new_block->host) {
new_block->host = qemu_vmalloc(size);
- qemu_madvise(new_block->host, size, QEMU_MADV_MERGEABLE);
+ memory_try_enable_merging(new_block->host, size);
}
#else
fprintf(stderr, "-mem-path option unsupported\n");
@@ -2559,7 +2572,7 @@ ram_addr_t qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(ram_addr_t size, void *host,
} else {
new_block->host = qemu_vmalloc(size);
}
- qemu_madvise(new_block->host, size, QEMU_MADV_MERGEABLE);
+ memory_try_enable_merging(new_block->host, size);
}
}
new_block->length = size;
@@ -2689,7 +2702,7 @@ void qemu_ram_remap(ram_addr_t addr, ram_addr_t length)
length, addr);
exit(1);
}
- qemu_madvise(vaddr, length, QEMU_MADV_MERGEABLE);
+ memory_try_enable_merging(vaddr, length);
qemu_ram_setup_dump(vaddr, length);
}
return;