From 119e9db233ad0f4cbd4cfb9f9385a7bca378b37d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zeng Chi <zengchi@kylinos.cn>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:24:42 +0800
Subject: KVM: Don't pre-reserve xarray entries when storing empty/NULL
 attributes

Skip the xarray reservation loop when clearing all memory attributes, as
storing NULL only erases the entry and never needs to allocate, so no
reservation (and no cleanup of a failed one) is required in that case.

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: David Ballesteros <davimaba.v@proton.me>
Signed-off-by: Zeng Chi <zengchi@kylinos.cn>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260921102442.1232375-1-zeng_chi911@163.com
[sean: split to separate patch]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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 .../admin-guide/device-mapper/striped.rst          | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/striped.rst

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+=========
+dm-stripe
+=========
+
+Device-Mapper's "striped" target is used to create a striped (i.e. RAID-0)
+device across one or more underlying devices. Data is written in "chunks",
+with consecutive chunks rotating among the underlying devices. This can
+potentially provide improved I/O throughput by utilizing several physical
+devices in parallel.
+
+Parameters: <num devs> <chunk size> [<dev path> <offset>]+
+    <num devs>:
+	Number of underlying devices.
+    <chunk size>:
+	Size of each chunk of data. Must be at least as
+        large as the system's PAGE_SIZE.
+    <dev path>:
+	Full pathname to the underlying block-device, or a
+	"major:minor" device-number.
+    <offset>:
+	Starting sector within the device.
+
+One or more underlying devices can be specified. The striped device size must
+be a multiple of the chunk size multiplied by the number of underlying devices.
+
+
+Example scripts
+===============
+
+::
+
+  #!/usr/bin/perl -w
+  # Create a striped device across any number of underlying devices. The device
+  # will be called "stripe_dev" and have a chunk-size of 128k.
+
+  my $chunk_size = 128 * 2;
+  my $dev_name = "stripe_dev";
+  my $num_devs = @ARGV;
+  my @devs = @ARGV;
+  my ($min_dev_size, $stripe_dev_size, $i);
+
+  if (!$num_devs) {
+          die("Specify at least one device\n");
+  }
+
+  $min_dev_size = `blockdev --getsz $devs[0]`;
+  for ($i = 1; $i < $num_devs; $i++) {
+          my $this_size = `blockdev --getsz $devs[$i]`;
+          $min_dev_size = ($min_dev_size < $this_size) ?
+                          $min_dev_size : $this_size;
+  }
+
+  $stripe_dev_size = $min_dev_size * $num_devs;
+  $stripe_dev_size -= $stripe_dev_size % ($chunk_size * $num_devs);
+
+  $table = "0 $stripe_dev_size striped $num_devs $chunk_size";
+  for ($i = 0; $i < $num_devs; $i++) {
+          $table .= " $devs[$i] 0";
+  }
+
+  `echo $table | dmsetup create $dev_name`;
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