| Message ID | 20200324150015.50496-1-roger.pau@citrix.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
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| Series | [1/2] xen: expand BALLOON_MEMORY_HOTPLUG description | expand |
On 24.03.20 16:00, Roger Pau Monne wrote: > To mention it's also useful for PVH or HVM domains that require > mapping foreign memory or grants. > > Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com> > --- > Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> > Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> > Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> > Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org > --- > drivers/xen/Kconfig | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/xen/Kconfig b/drivers/xen/Kconfig > index 61212fc7f0c7..57ddd6f4b729 100644 > --- a/drivers/xen/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/xen/Kconfig > @@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ config XEN_BALLOON_MEMORY_HOTPLUG > It is very useful on critical systems which require long > run without rebooting. > > + It's also very useful for translated domains (PVH or HVM) to obtain I'd rather say "(non PV)" or "(PVH, HVM or Arm)". > + unpopulated physical memory ranges to use in order to map foreign > + memory or grants. > + > Memory could be hotplugged in following steps: > > 1) target domain: ensure that memory auto online policy is in > With that: Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> Juergen
On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 04:13:48PM +0100, Jürgen Groß wrote: > On 24.03.20 16:00, Roger Pau Monne wrote: > > To mention it's also useful for PVH or HVM domains that require > > mapping foreign memory or grants. > > > > Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com> > > --- > > Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> > > Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> > > Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> > > Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org > > --- > > drivers/xen/Kconfig | 4 ++++ > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/xen/Kconfig b/drivers/xen/Kconfig > > index 61212fc7f0c7..57ddd6f4b729 100644 > > --- a/drivers/xen/Kconfig > > +++ b/drivers/xen/Kconfig > > @@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ config XEN_BALLOON_MEMORY_HOTPLUG > > It is very useful on critical systems which require long > > run without rebooting. > > + It's also very useful for translated domains (PVH or HVM) to obtain > > I'd rather say "(non PV)" or "(PVH, HVM or Arm)". I'm fine with any of the variants. Would you mind adjusting when picking it up or would you like me to resend? > > + unpopulated physical memory ranges to use in order to map foreign > > + memory or grants. > > + > > Memory could be hotplugged in following steps: > > 1) target domain: ensure that memory auto online policy is in > > > > With that: > > Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> Thanks!
On 24.03.20 16:18, Roger Pau Monné wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 04:13:48PM +0100, Jürgen Groß wrote: >> On 24.03.20 16:00, Roger Pau Monne wrote: >>> To mention it's also useful for PVH or HVM domains that require >>> mapping foreign memory or grants. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com> >>> --- >>> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> >>> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> >>> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> >>> Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org >>> --- >>> drivers/xen/Kconfig | 4 ++++ >>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/xen/Kconfig b/drivers/xen/Kconfig >>> index 61212fc7f0c7..57ddd6f4b729 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/xen/Kconfig >>> +++ b/drivers/xen/Kconfig >>> @@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ config XEN_BALLOON_MEMORY_HOTPLUG >>> It is very useful on critical systems which require long >>> run without rebooting. >>> + It's also very useful for translated domains (PVH or HVM) to obtain >> >> I'd rather say "(non PV)" or "(PVH, HVM or Arm)". > > I'm fine with any of the variants. Would you mind adjusting when > picking it up or would you like me to resend? No need to resend. I'll use the "non PV" variant. Juergen
diff --git a/drivers/xen/Kconfig b/drivers/xen/Kconfig index 61212fc7f0c7..57ddd6f4b729 100644 --- a/drivers/xen/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/xen/Kconfig @@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ config XEN_BALLOON_MEMORY_HOTPLUG It is very useful on critical systems which require long run without rebooting. + It's also very useful for translated domains (PVH or HVM) to obtain + unpopulated physical memory ranges to use in order to map foreign + memory or grants. + Memory could be hotplugged in following steps: 1) target domain: ensure that memory auto online policy is in
To mention it's also useful for PVH or HVM domains that require mapping foreign memory or grants. Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com> --- Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org --- drivers/xen/Kconfig | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)