Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:42:05 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] xen: actually release memory when shrinking domain |
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* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> wrote:
> From: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@oracle.com> > > Fix this: > >> It appears that in the upstream balloon driver, >> > the call to HYPERVISOR_update_va_mapping is missing >> > from decrease_reservation. I think as a result, >> > the balloon driver is eating memory but not >> > releasing it to Xen, thus rendering the balloon >> > driver essentially useless. (Can be observed via xentop.) > > Signed-off-by: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@oracle.com> > Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> > --- > drivers/xen/balloon.c | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
applied to tip/x86/urgent, thanks!
Ingo
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