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Re: [Xen-devel] GPLPV memory ballooning and x32

To: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] GPLPV memory ballooning and x32
From: George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:25:12 +0100
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On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
> specify:
> maxmem = 8192
> memory = 2048
>
> .. and the guest will crash.

For HVM guests, this is expected behavior if the guest does not have a
balloon driver installed.

> Some people reported also host/xen crashes in this scenario..

Obviously this is a problem; I think we've fixed a bunch of these
kinds of issues, so if you see any more, try to get a crash dump.

 -George

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