A method and system for managing direct memory access (DMA) in a computer system that hosts virtual machines and allows memory overcommit. The computer receives an indication that a bus address is to be used by a device to perform DMA to a buffer. In response to the indication, the compute...
Memory overcommit by using an emulated IOMMU in a computer system without a host IOMMUMichael TsirkinChristopher M Wright
A method and system for managing direct memory access (DMA) in a computer system without a host input/output memory management unit (IOMMU). The computer system hosts virtual machines and allows memory overcommit. The computer receives, from a guest operating system that runs on a virtual machin...
A method and system for managing direct memory access (DMA) in a computer system that hosts virtual machines and allows memory overcommit. The computer receives an indication that a bus address is to be used by a device to perform DMA to a buffer. In response to the indication, the ...