Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] virtio-balloon: Add support for providing page hints to host

2019-07-25 Thread Alexander Duyck
On Thu, 2019-07-25 at 13:42 -0400, Nitesh Narayan Lal wrote: > On 7/24/19 1:05 PM, Alexander Duyck wrote: > > From: Alexander Duyck > > > > > > @@ -924,12 +956,24 @@ static int virtballoon_probe(struct virtio_device > > *vdev) > > if (err) > > goto

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] virtio-balloon: Add support for providing page hints to host

2019-07-25 Thread Nitesh Narayan Lal
On 7/24/19 1:05 PM, Alexander Duyck wrote: > From: Alexander Duyck > > Add support for the page hinting feature provided by virtio-balloon. > Hinting differs from the regular balloon functionality in that is is > much less durable than a standard memory balloon. Instead of creating a > list of

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] virtio-balloon: Add support for providing page hints to host

2019-07-25 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 07:56:15AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote: > On Thu, 2019-07-25 at 10:44 -0400, Nitesh Narayan Lal wrote: > > On 7/24/19 3:02 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 10:05:14AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote: > > > > From: Alexander Duyck > > > > > > > >

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] virtio-balloon: Add support for providing page hints to host

2019-07-25 Thread Alexander Duyck
On Thu, 2019-07-25 at 10:44 -0400, Nitesh Narayan Lal wrote: > On 7/24/19 3:02 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 10:05:14AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote: > > > From: Alexander Duyck > > > > > > Add support for the page hinting feature provided by virtio-balloon. > > >

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] virtio-balloon: Add support for providing page hints to host

2019-07-25 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 10:44:01AM -0400, Nitesh Narayan Lal wrote: > > On 7/24/19 3:02 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 10:05:14AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote: > >> From: Alexander Duyck > >> > >> Add support for the page hinting feature provided by virtio-balloon. >

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] virtio-balloon: Add support for providing page hints to host

2019-07-25 Thread Nitesh Narayan Lal
On 7/24/19 3:02 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 10:05:14AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote: >> From: Alexander Duyck >> >> Add support for the page hinting feature provided by virtio-balloon. >> Hinting differs from the regular balloon functionality in that is is >> much

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] virtio-balloon: Add support for providing page hints to host

2019-07-24 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 01:37:47PM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote: > On Wed, 2019-07-24 at 15:02 -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 10:05:14AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote: > > > From: Alexander Duyck > > > > > > Add support for the page hinting feature provided by

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] virtio-balloon: Add support for providing page hints to host

2019-07-24 Thread Alexander Duyck
On Wed, 2019-07-24 at 15:02 -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 10:05:14AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote: > > From: Alexander Duyck > > > > Add support for the page hinting feature provided by virtio-balloon. > > Hinting differs from the regular balloon functionality in

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] virtio-balloon: Add support for providing page hints to host

2019-07-24 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 03:07:42PM -0400, Nitesh Narayan Lal wrote: > > On 7/24/19 3:02 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 10:05:14AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote: > >> From: Alexander Duyck > >> > >> Add support for the page hinting feature provided by virtio-balloon. >

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] virtio-balloon: Add support for providing page hints to host

2019-07-24 Thread Nitesh Narayan Lal
On 7/24/19 3:02 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 10:05:14AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote: >> From: Alexander Duyck >> >> Add support for the page hinting feature provided by virtio-balloon. >> Hinting differs from the regular balloon functionality in that is is >> much

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] virtio-balloon: Add support for providing page hints to host

2019-07-24 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 10:05:14AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote: > From: Alexander Duyck > > Add support for the page hinting feature provided by virtio-balloon. > Hinting differs from the regular balloon functionality in that is is > much less durable than a standard memory balloon. Instead of

[PATCH v2 5/5] virtio-balloon: Add support for providing page hints to host

2019-07-24 Thread Alexander Duyck
From: Alexander Duyck Add support for the page hinting feature provided by virtio-balloon. Hinting differs from the regular balloon functionality in that is is much less durable than a standard memory balloon. Instead of creating a list of pages that cannot be accessed the pages are only