From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932594AbZIDF33 (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:29:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932494AbZIDF32 (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:29:28 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:45268 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932421AbZIDF32 (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:29:28 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:29:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Miroslav Rezanina To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com Message-ID: <1906365519.636661252042169061.JavaMail.root@zmail06.collab.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <4AA050A0.90609@goop.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH][v2.6.29][XEN] Return unused memory to hypervisor MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [10.5.5.71] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ----- "Jeremy Fitzhardinge" wrote: > From: "Jeremy Fitzhardinge" > To: "Miroslav Rezanina" > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 1:26:24 AM GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Rome / Stockholm / Vienna > Subject: Re: [PATCH][v2.6.29][XEN] Return unused memory to hypervisor > > On 08/19/09 06:05, Miroslav Rezanina wrote: > > when running linux as XEN guest and use boot parameter mem= to set > memory lower then is assigned to guest, not used memory should be > returned to hypervisor as free. This is working with kernel available > on xen.org pages, but is not working with kernel 2.6.29. Comparing > both kernels I found code for returning unused memory to hypervisor is > missing. Following patch add this functionality to 2.6.29 kernel. > > > > Are you planning on submitting a revised patch along the lines I > suggested? > > Thanks, > J Hi Jeremy, yes, I'm planning so. Unfortunatelly, I had some more important tasks to do so I was not able to rewrite patch as you suggested. Mirek > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Miroslav Rezanina Software Engineer - Virtualization Team - XEN kernel