Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:29:29 -0400 (EDT) | From | Miroslav Rezanina <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][v2.6.29][XEN] Return unused memory to hypervisor |
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----- "Jeremy Fitzhardinge" <jeremy@goop.org> wrote:
> From: "Jeremy Fitzhardinge" <jeremy@goop.org> > To: "Miroslav Rezanina" <mrezanin@redhat.com> > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 1:26:24 AM GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Rome / Stockholm / Vienna > Subject: Re: [PATCH][v2.6.29][XEN] Return unused memory to hypervisor > > On 08/19/09 06:05, Miroslav Rezanina wrote: > > when running linux as XEN guest and use boot parameter mem= to set > memory lower then is assigned to guest, not used memory should be > returned to hypervisor as free. This is working with kernel available > on xen.org pages, but is not working with kernel 2.6.29. Comparing > both kernels I found code for returning unused memory to hypervisor is > missing. Following patch add this functionality to 2.6.29 kernel. > > > > Are you planning on submitting a revised patch along the lines I > suggested? > > Thanks, > J
Hi Jeremy, yes, I'm planning so. Unfortunatelly, I had some more important tasks to do so I was not able to rewrite patch as you suggested.
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-- Miroslav Rezanina Software Engineer - Virtualization Team - XEN kernel
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