On Thu, Nov 04, 2021 at 11:55:34AM -0400, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: > This appears to have noticeable effect on boot time (and boot experience in > general).
Yes, this is kind of intentional. It avoids killing the domain ("out of PoD memory") for the price of increased boot time. I still wonder why it wasn't an issue before, although it could just be a race that was less likely to loose before. You can find some analysis of mine here: https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/YXFxKC4shCATB913@mail-itl/ -- Best Regards, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki Invisible Things Lab
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