[vbox-dev] page fusion and resume from saved states

Sander van Leeuwen sander.x.van.leeuwen at oracle.com
Tue Oct 5 06:51:13 GMT 2010


  No, the guest additions periodically query the loaded dlls and 
exchange pages if possible. Resuming from a saved state has no impact.

On 4-10-2010 19:40, Geoff Nordli wrote:
>
> I tried the users forum, but this probably needs to get confirmed by 
> someone that knows the product internals better.
>
> From the way I gather page fusion works, when you try to load a 
> read-only file, like a DLL, the guest additions will intercept and ask 
> the host if there is one that already is opened.
>
> My question, is how does page fusion work when you are resuming from a 
> saved state?  It would seem that page fusion wouldn't work in that 
> scenario, unless new DLLs are opened after the VM is resumed.  Is that 
> right?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Geoff
>
>
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