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[Xen-devel] RE: [PATCH] xen: Fix selfballooning and ensure it doesn't go

To: Konrad Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] RE: [PATCH] xen: Fix selfballooning and ensure it doesn't go too far
From: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:24:45 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 11:23 AM
> To: Dan Magenheimer
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; David 
> Vrabel; Jeremy Fitzhardinge
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen: Fix selfballooning and ensure it doesn't go too far
> 
> On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 01:58:08PM -0700, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> > [PATCH] xen: Fix selfballooning and ensure it doesn't go too far
> >
> > The balloon driver's "current_pages" is very different from
> > totalram_pages.  Self-ballooning needs to be driven by
> > the latter.  Also, Committed_AS doesn't account for pages
> > used by the kernel so enforce a floor for when there
> > are little or no user-space threads using memory.
> 
> Hey Dan,
> ..
> > +           floor_pages = totalreserve_pages +
> > +                           (roundup_pow_of_two(max_pfn) >> 5);
> 
> Would it make sense to make the shift be a runtime argument
> in case some users report problems with that calculation?

Good idea.  I'll take a look at that.

> > +           /* don't balloon too far, lest OOMs occur... */
> > +           if (tgt_pages < floor_pages)
> > +                   tgt_pages = floor_pages;
> > +           balloon_set_new_target(tgt_pages +
> > +                   balloon_stats.current_pages - totalram_pages);
> >             reset_timer = true;
> >     }
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_FRONTSWAP
> 
> Otherwise it looks OK to me. Would you like me to queue it up
> for 3.1-rc7?

Will let you know when I have that change done/tested.

Thanks,
Dan

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