be allowed to swap them out. For QEMU/KVM this requires
<code>hard_limit</code> <a href="#elementsMemoryTuning">memory tuning</a>
element to be used and set to the maximum memory configured for the
- domain plus any memory consumed by the QEMU process itself.
- <span class="since">Since 1.0.6</span></dd>
+ domain plus any memory consumed by the QEMU process itself. Beware of
+ setting the memory limit too high (and thus allowing the domain to lock
+ most of the host's memory). Doing so may be dangerous to both the
+ domain and the host itself since the host's kernel may run out of
+ memory. <span class="since">Since 1.0.6</span></dd>
</dl>