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-rw-r--r--migration/ram.c17
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 23cea47090..49068e86d3 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -3580,7 +3580,7 @@ static int ram_load_postcopy(QEMUFile *f)
{
int flags = 0, ret = 0;
bool place_needed = false;
- bool matching_page_sizes = false;
+ bool matches_target_page_size = false;
MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
/* Temporary page that is later 'placed' */
void *postcopy_host_page = postcopy_get_tmp_page(mis);
@@ -3620,7 +3620,7 @@ static int ram_load_postcopy(QEMUFile *f)
ret = -EINVAL;
break;
}
- matching_page_sizes = block->page_size == TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
+ matches_target_page_size = block->page_size == TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
/*
* Postcopy requires that we place whole host pages atomically;
* these may be huge pages for RAMBlocks that are backed by
@@ -3668,12 +3668,17 @@ static int ram_load_postcopy(QEMUFile *f)
case RAM_SAVE_FLAG_PAGE:
all_zero = false;
- if (!place_needed || !matching_page_sizes) {
+ if (!matches_target_page_size) {
+ /* For huge pages, we always use temporary buffer */
qemu_get_buffer(f, page_buffer, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
} else {
- /* Avoids the qemu_file copy during postcopy, which is
- * going to do a copy later; can only do it when we
- * do this read in one go (matching page sizes)
+ /*
+ * For small pages that matches target page size, we
+ * avoid the qemu_file copy. Instead we directly use
+ * the buffer of QEMUFile to place the page. Note: we
+ * cannot do any QEMUFile operation before using that
+ * buffer to make sure the buffer is valid when
+ * placing the page.
*/
qemu_get_buffer_in_place(f, (uint8_t **)&place_source,
TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);