Re: [PATCH] xen: fix booting ballooned down hvm guest

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Juergen Gross:
> On 24/10/17 16:56, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>> On 10/24/2017 10:41 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
>>> On 24/10/17 16:33, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>>>> On 10/24/2017 04:10 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
>>>>> Commit 96edd61dcf44362d3ef0bed1a5361e0ac7886a63 ("xen/balloon: don't
>>>>> online new memory initially") introduced a regression when booting a
>>>>> HVM domain with memory less than mem-max: instead of ballooning down
>>>>> immediately the system would try to use the memory up to mem-max
>>>>> resulting in Xen crashing the domain.
>>>>>
>>>>> For HVM domains the current size will be reflected in Xenstore node
>>>>> memory/static-max instead of memory/target.
>>>>>
>>>>> Additionally we have to trigger the ballooning process at once.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.13
>>>>> Fixes: 96edd61dcf44362d3ef0bed1a5361e0ac7886a63 ("xen/balloon: don't
>>>>>        online new memory initially")
>>>>>
>>>>> Suggested-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
>>>> Reported-by: HW42 <hw42@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Hmm, is an anonymous Reported-by: tag okay?
>>
>> Oh, I don't know what the rules are for this kind of address. I'd
>> probably still add it but it's up to you.
> 
> The docs say each tag should be:
> 
>   tag: Full Name <email address>  optional-other-stuff
> 
> I don't think HW42 can be regarded to be a full name.

I think you really should allow pseudonymous contributions. But in my
case my nickname is anyway linked to my legal name so fell free to use:
Simon Gaiser <hw42@xxxxxxxxx>

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