Re: [PATCH] libxl: allow libxl to calculate shadow mem requirements

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On 08/03/2016 12:49 AM, Jim Fehlig wrote:
> Long, long ago before libxl_get_required_shadow_memory() was
> made publicly available, its code was copied to the libxl driver
> for calculating shadow memory requirements of HVM domains.
> 
> Long ago, libxl_get_required_shadow_memory() was exported in
> libxl_utils.h and included in xen-devel packages everywhere.
> 
> Remove the copied code, which has become stale, and let libxl
> provode a proper shadow memory value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> I ensured libxl_get_required_shadow_memory() was available
> as far back as Xen 4.4, which is the minimum version supported
> by the libxl driver.

Cool, and FWIW, Looks good to me:

Acked-by: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@xxxxxxxxxx>

(Also tested an HVM guest in which codepath goes through):

>  src/libxl/libxl_conf.c | 13 ++++---------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
> index 1344604..5202ca1 100644
> --- a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
> +++ b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
> @@ -493,15 +493,10 @@ libxlMakeDomBuildInfo(virDomainDefPtr def,
>              }
>          }
>  
> -        /*
> -         * The following comment and calculation were taken directly from
> -         * libxenlight's internal function libxl_get_required_shadow_memory():
> -         *
> -         * 256 pages (1MB) per vcpu, plus 1 page per MiB of RAM for the P2M map,
> -         * plus 1 page per MiB of RAM to shadow the resident processes.
> -         */
> -        b_info->shadow_memkb = 4 * (256 * libxl_bitmap_count_set(&b_info->avail_vcpus) +
> -                                    2 * (b_info->max_memkb / 1024));
> +        /* Allow libxl to calculate shadow memory requirements */
> +        b_info->shadow_memkb =
> +            libxl_get_required_shadow_memory(b_info->max_memkb,
> +                                             b_info->max_vcpus);
>      } else {
>          /*
>           * For compatibility with the legacy xen toolstack, default to pygrub
> 

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