Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:46:25 -0300 | From | Rafael Aquini <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] make balloon pages movable by compaction |
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On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 02:01:52PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:49:38 -0300, Rafael Aquini <aquini@redhat.com> wrote: > > This patchset follows the main idea discussed at 2012 LSFMMS section: > > "Ballooning for transparent huge pages" -- http://lwn.net/Articles/490114/ > > > > to introduce the required changes to the virtio_balloon driver, as well as > > changes to the core compaction & migration bits, in order to allow > > memory balloon pages become movable within a guest. > > > > Rafael Aquini (4): > > mm: introduce compaction and migration for virtio ballooned pages > > virtio_balloon: handle concurrent accesses to virtio_balloon struct > > elements > > virtio_balloon: introduce migration primitives to balloon pages > > mm: add vm event counters for balloon pages compaction > > > > drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 142 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- > > include/linux/mm.h | 16 +++++ > > include/linux/virtio_balloon.h | 6 ++ > > include/linux/vm_event_item.h | 2 + > > mm/compaction.c | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------ > > mm/migrate.c | 32 ++++++++- > > mm/vmstat.c | 4 ++ > > 7 files changed, 280 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) > > > > > > V2: address Mel Gorman's review comments > > If Mel is happy, I am happy. Seems sensible that the virtio_baloon > changes go in at the same time as the mm changes, so: > > Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Thanks Rusty!
I'll be respinning a v3 to address some extra suggestions Mel did, so if you have any concern that you'd like me to address, do not hesitate on letting me know!
Cheers! Rafael
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