On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 02:01:25PM +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Tue, 8 Mar 2011, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am sending next version of memory hotplug > > support for Xen balloon driver patch. It applies > > to Linus' git tree, v2.6.38-rc8 tag. Most of > > suggestions were taken into account. Thanks for > > everybody who tested and/or sent suggestions > > to my work. > > > > There are a few prerequisite patches which fixes > > some problems found during work on memory hotplug > > patch or add some futures which are needed by > > memory hotplug patch. > > > > Full list of fixes/futures: > > - xen/balloon: Removal of driver_pages, > > - xen/balloon: HVM mode support, > > - xen/balloon: Migration from mod_timer() to schedule_delayed_work(), > > - xen/balloon: Protect against CPU exhaust by event/x process, > > - xen/balloon: Minor notation fixes, > > - mm: Extend memory hotplug API to allow memory hotplug in virtual guests, > > - xen/balloon: Memory hotplug support for Xen balloon driver. > > > > Additionally, I suggest to apply patch prepared by Steffano Stabellini > > (https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/1/31/232) which fixes memory management > > issue in Xen guest. I was not able boot guest machine without > > above mentioned patch. > > after some discussions we came up with a different approach to fix the > issue; I sent a couple of patches a little while ago: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/28/410 I tested git://xenbits.xen.org/people/sstabellini/linux-pvhvm.git 2.6.38-tip-fixes and it works on x86_64, however, it does not work on i386. Tested as unprivileged guest on Xen Ver. 4.1.0-rc2-pre. On i386 domain crashes silently at early boot stage :-(((. Daniel -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>