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Re: [Xen-devel] [Patch] by default don't give all memory to dom0

To: David Hopwood <david.nospam.hopwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [Patch] by default don't give all memory to dom0
From: "Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:13:19 -0700
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In-reply-to: <430503E9.8040200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from david.nospam.hopwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 10:55:53PM +0100
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On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 10:55:53PM +0100, David Hopwood wrote:
> Siddha, Suresh B wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 08:50:57PM +0100, David Hopwood wrote:
> >>Siddha, Suresh B wrote:
> >>[...]
> >>
> >>>+static void parse_reserve_dmamem(char *s)
> >>>+{
> >>>+    unsigned long long bytes = parse_size_and_unit(s);
> >>>+    /* If no unit is specified we default to kB units, not bytes. */
> >>>+    if ( isdigit(s[strlen(s)-1]) )
> >>>+        reserve_dmapages = (unsigned int)bytes >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 10);
> >>>+    else
> >>>+        reserve_dmapages = (unsigned int)(bytes >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> >>>+}
> >>
> >>Shouldn't the default unit be consistent for all Xen memory parameters?
> > 
> > I am just following the dom0_mem conventions for which default unit is kB.
> > Am I missing something?
> 
> If Kbytes is to be the default unit, then that default should probably be
> encoded in 'parse_size_and_unit', rather than having code like the above
> convert from bytes to Kbytes in many places.

For "mem=" option, default unit is bytes. I think we should go with the
linux style and make the default unit as bytes. If no one has any objections,
then I can send a patch for it.

thanks,
suresh

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