Re: [PATCH 2/2] virtio_balloon: free some memory from baloon on OOM

2014-10-14 Thread Rusty Russell
"Michael S. Tsirkin" writes: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:14:05AM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: >> "Michael S. Tsirkin" writes: >> >> > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 04:02:52PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: >> >> "Denis V. Lunev" writes: >> >> > From: Raushaniya Maksudova >> >> > >> >> > Excessive virti

Re: [PATCH 2/2] virtio_balloon: free some memory from baloon on OOM

2014-10-14 Thread Denis V. Lunev
On 14/10/14 13:10, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:14:05AM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: "Michael S. Tsirkin" writes: On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 04:02:52PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: "Denis V. Lunev" writes: From: Raushaniya Maksudova Excessive virtio_balloon inflation c

Re: [PATCH 2/2] virtio_balloon: free some memory from baloon on OOM

2014-10-14 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:14:05AM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: > "Michael S. Tsirkin" writes: > > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 04:02:52PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: > >> "Denis V. Lunev" writes: > >> > From: Raushaniya Maksudova > >> > > >> > Excessive virtio_balloon inflation can cause invocatio

Re: [PATCH 2/2] virtio_balloon: free some memory from baloon on OOM

2014-10-13 Thread Rusty Russell
"Michael S. Tsirkin" writes: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 04:02:52PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: >> "Denis V. Lunev" writes: >> > From: Raushaniya Maksudova >> > >> > Excessive virtio_balloon inflation can cause invocation of OOM-killer, >> > when Linux is under severe memory pressure. Various mec

Re: [PATCH 2/2] virtio_balloon: free some memory from baloon on OOM

2014-10-13 Thread Denis V. Lunev
On 13/10/14 09:32, Rusty Russell wrote: "Denis V. Lunev" writes: From: Raushaniya Maksudova Excessive virtio_balloon inflation can cause invocation of OOM-killer, when Linux is under severe memory pressure. Various mechanisms are responsible for correct virtio_balloon memory management. Never

Re: [PATCH 2/2] virtio_balloon: free some memory from baloon on OOM

2014-10-13 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 04:02:52PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: > "Denis V. Lunev" writes: > > From: Raushaniya Maksudova > > > > Excessive virtio_balloon inflation can cause invocation of OOM-killer, > > when Linux is under severe memory pressure. Various mechanisms are > > responsible for correc

Re: [PATCH 2/2] virtio_balloon: free some memory from baloon on OOM

2014-10-12 Thread Rusty Russell
"Denis V. Lunev" writes: > From: Raushaniya Maksudova > > Excessive virtio_balloon inflation can cause invocation of OOM-killer, > when Linux is under severe memory pressure. Various mechanisms are > responsible for correct virtio_balloon memory management. Nevertheless > it is often the case tha