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RE: [Xen-devel] Dynamic Memory Management and Migration (3.0.4-0)

To: "Henning Sprang" <henning_sprang@xxxxxx>, "Timo Benk" <timo.benk@xxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Dynamic Memory Management and Migration (3.0.4-0)
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 18:39:51 -0000
Cc: Steven Hand <Steven.Hand@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Xen devel list <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > if i want to allow dynamic memory management of Linux-domains, i
need to
> > set the following kernel parameter. Otherwise it is not possible, to
> > increase the memory of the domain above the initial assigned value:
> >
> > extra = "mem=10240M"
> >
> > But now it is not possible to migrate the domain. If try an offline
> > migration, the xm-command hangs forever.
> >
> > One time i tried a live migration, the domain just disappears. The
> > domain was neither running on the src-domain-0 nor on the
dst-domain-0,
> > the domain just vanished.
> 
> As promised I am starting slowly to get bugzilla a bit sorted. 

Great, thanks.

> As I did not work much with memory management scenarios, I'd like to
know
> if this might be connected to this bug:
> 
> http://bugzilla.xensource.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24
> 
> Otherwise I'd close this bug as ian suggested to close everything
> older than some months.

I doubt this is related to Timo's problems, but I think the actual
bugzilla issue #24 is now fixed: Steve -- you checked in some lazy
memory allocation in xc_restore, right?


Ian



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