Re: [PATCH] powerpc: VRM unused page hinting

2009-04-14 Thread Paul Mackerras
Robert Jennings writes: > Adds support for the "unused" page hint which can be used in shared > memory partitions to flag pages not in use, which will then be stolen > before active pages by the hypervisor when memory needs to be moved to > LPARs in need of additional memory. Failure to mark page

[PATCH] powerpc: VRM unused page hinting

2009-04-13 Thread Robert Jennings
Adds support for the "unused" page hint which can be used in shared memory partitions to flag pages not in use, which will then be stolen before active pages by the hypervisor when memory needs to be moved to LPARs in need of additional memory. Failure to mark pages as 'unused' makes the LPAR slow