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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Allow max_pages to be set to less than tot_pages

To: Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Allow max_pages to be set to less than tot_pages
From: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:26:32 +0100
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Tim Deegan writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH] Allow max_pages to be set to less than 
tot_pages"):
> The memory allocation code sometimes needs to enforce that a guest
> that's been told to balloon down isn't going to expand further (because
> it's still executing a previous balloon-up operation).  That means being
> able to set the desired max_pages even before the balloon driver has
> brought tot_pages down to the right level.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Ian.

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