Re: [PATCH v1 6/6] virtio-balloon: Add support for aerating memory via hinting

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To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>, Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 6/6] virtio-balloon: Add support for aerating memory via hinting
From: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 16:12:30 +0200
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On 16.07.19 16:00, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 7/16/19 2:55 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>> The approach here is very close to what on-demand hinting that is
>> already upstream does.
> 
> Are you referring to the s390 (and powerpc) stuff that is hidden behind
> arch_free_page()?
> 

I assume Michael meant "free page reporting".

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb

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