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| author | Christian Krinitsin <mail@krinitsin.com> | 2025-05-30 16:52:07 +0200 |
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| committer | Christian Krinitsin <mail@krinitsin.com> | 2025-05-30 16:52:17 +0200 |
| commit | 9260319e7411ff8281700a532caa436f40120ec4 (patch) | |
| tree | 2f6bfe5f3458dd49d328d3a9eb508595450adec0 /gitlab/issues_text/target_missing/host_missing/accel_KVM/1003 | |
| parent | 225caa38269323af1bfc2daadff5ec8bd930747f (diff) | |
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diff --git a/gitlab/issues_text/target_missing/host_missing/accel_KVM/1003 b/gitlab/issues_text/target_missing/host_missing/accel_KVM/1003 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f21487f3d --- /dev/null +++ b/gitlab/issues_text/target_missing/host_missing/accel_KVM/1003 @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +"Cannot allocate memory" when boots a VM > 1026GB memory with -accel kvm +Description of problem: +I can boot an empty VM using command `qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1026G -accel kvm -vnc :1` or `qemu-system-x86_64 -m 8T -vnc :1` + +But when I use `qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1027G -accel kvm -vnc :1`, it will not boot: + +``` +root@debian11:~# qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1027G -accel kvm -vnc :1 +qemu-system-x86_64: kvm_set_user_memory_region: KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION failed, slot=1, start=0x100000000, size=0x10000000000: Cannot allocate memory +kvm_set_phys_mem: error registering slot: Cannot allocate memory +Aborted +``` + +Which means, with `-accel kvm`, it only can boot a VM which memory <= 1026G, but without these args, it can boot whatever you want. +Steps to reproduce: +1. sysctl vm.overcommit_memory=1 # enable overcommit first +2. qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1027G -accel kvm -vnc :1 +Additional information: +The qemu I use is compiled from the latest source, not the package provided by debian. + +Hardware is `PowerEdge R630` with `E5-2630 v4` * 2, 128G physical RAM. |