On 14.03.19 15:12, Julien Grall wrote: > Hi, > > On 3/14/19 8:37 AM, Juergen Gross wrote: >> On 12/03/2019 20:46, David Hildenbrand wrote: >>> On 12.03.19 19:23, David Hildenbrand wrote: >>> >>> I guess something like this could do the trick if I understood it correctly: >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/xen/balloon.c b/drivers/xen/balloon.c >>> index 39b229f9e256..d37dd5bb7a8f 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/xen/balloon.c >>> +++ b/drivers/xen/balloon.c >>> @@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ int alloc_xenballooned_pages(int nr_pages, struct >>> page **pages) >>> while (pgno < nr_pages) { >>> page = balloon_retrieve(true); >>> if (page) { >>> + __ClearPageOffline(page); >>> pages[pgno++] = page; >>> #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_HAVE_PVMMU >>> /* >>> @@ -645,8 +646,10 @@ void free_xenballooned_pages(int nr_pages, struct >>> page **pages) >>> mutex_lock(&balloon_mutex); >>> >>> for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) { >>> - if (pages[i]) >>> + if (pages[i]) { >>> + __SetPageOffline(pages[i]); >>> balloon_append(pages[i]); >>> + } >>> } >>> >>> balloon_stats.target_unpopulated -= nr_pages; >>> >>> >>> At least this way, the pages allocated (and thus eventually mapped to >>> user space) would not be marked, but the other ones would remain marked >>> and could be excluded by makedumptool. >>> >> >> I think this patch should do the trick. Julien, could you give it a >> try? On x86 I can't reproduce your problem easily as dom0 is PV with >> plenty of unpopulated pages for grant memory not suffering from >> missing "offline" bit. > > Sure. I managed to get the console working with the patch suggested by > David. Feel free to add my tested-by if when you resend it as is. > Thanks, I will send as proper patch later! Cheers! > Cheers, > -- Thanks, David / dhildenb