[PATCH v3 0/4] vmw_balloon: compaction and shrinker support

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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

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

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