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SubjectRe: [PATCH] xen: actually release memory when shrinking domain

* 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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