VMware balloon enhancements: adding support for memory compaction, memory shrinker (to prevent OOM) and splitting of refused pages to prevent recurring inflations. Patches 1-2: Support for compaction Patch 3: Support for memory shrinker - disabled by default Patch 4: Split refused pages to improve performance v3->v4: * "get around to" comment [Michael] * Put list_add under page lock [Michael] v2->v3: * Fixing wrong argument type (int->size_t) [Michael] * Fixing a comment (it) [Michael] * Reinstating the BUG_ON() when page is locked [Michael] v1->v2: * Return number of pages in list enqueue/dequeue interfaces [Michael] * Removed first two patches which were already merged Nadav Amit (4): mm/balloon_compaction: List interfaces vmw_balloon: Compaction support vmw_balloon: Add memory shrinker vmw_balloon: Split refused pages drivers/misc/Kconfig | 1 + drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 489 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- include/linux/balloon_compaction.h | 4 + mm/balloon_compaction.c | 144 ++++++--- 4 files changed, 553 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-) -- 2.19.1
