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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] linux/balloon: don't allow ballooningdowna domai

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Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] linux/balloon: don't allow ballooningdowna domain below a reasonable limit
From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:29:22 +0100
Cc: Ky Srinivasan <KSrinivasan@xxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, KurtGarloff <garloff@xxxxxxx>
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>>> "Dan Magenheimer" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> 29.04.08 20:35 >>>
>I made some actual measurements of the results of this algorithm
>(on a RHEL5u1-32bit guest).
>
>memory=        Minimum
>128             75776kB
>256            108544kB
>512            173056kB
>1024           238592kB
>
>This corresponds to expected values in the source comment
>However, I wonder if the algorithm is probably too
>conservative for large(r) memory domains.  With
>a light load (i.e. continuously compiling Xen),
>memory utilization rarely exceeds 72MB, regardless
>of the max memory (at least in the above tested values).

Sure, this was (in different wording) also stated in the comment
that came with the patch. A more precise estimate would certainly
be welcome, but I'm afraid is going to come with a much higher
(complexity) price tag. Unless you have something simple and
obvious in mind that we simply didn't spot...

Jan


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