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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] xen: speed up grant-table reclaim
On 27.06.23 19:22, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
> When a grant entry is still in use by the remote domain, Linux must put
> it on a deferred list. Normally, this list is very short, because
> the PV network and block protocols expect the backend to unmap the grant
> first. However, Qubes OS's GUI protocol is subject to the constraints
> of the X Window System, and as such winds up with the frontend unmapping
> the window first. As a result, the list can grow very large, resulting
> in a massive memory leak and eventual VM freeze.
>
> To partially solve this problem, make the number of entries that the VM
> will attempt to free at each iteration tunable. The default is still
> 10, but it can be overridden at compile-time (via Kconfig), boot-time
> (via a kernel command-line option), or runtime (via sysfs).

You are still mentioning Kconfig.

For the sysfs entry you should add something under Documentation/ABI. Sorry
I didn't spot this omission previously.


Juergen
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