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Re: [Xen-devel] How to deallocate memory shared between domain and xen

To: "Santos, Jose Renato G" <joserenato.santos@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] How to deallocate memory shared between domain and xen
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:58:33 +0100
Cc: Jose Renato Santos <jsantos@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Turner, Yoshio" <yoshio_turner@xxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, G John Janakiraman <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 11 Aug 2005, at 04:41, Santos, Jose Renato G wrote:

 OK. For now I will not explictly de-allocate the shared memory,
  and let the memory be deallocated when the domain dies.
  I am assuming nothing special has to be done and the memory gets
  deallocated automaticaly when the domain dies
  (SHARE_PFN_WITH_DOMAIN() seems to be including the shared
  page in the list of pages owned by the domain which
  should be automatically de-alocated when the domain dies, right?).
  Will this also cause the memory to be returned to the Xen heap?

No, you need to deallocate yourself. Add a hook function off domain_destruct(), and do any necessary deallocation there. The refcnts are to make sure the domain isn;t killed while other domains may have references to its xen-heap pages.

 -- Keir


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