Re: [Xen-devel] Memory allocation in NUMA system

["Yang, Xiaowei" <xiaowei.yang@xxxxxxxxx>]

Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 25/7/08 08:22, "Yang, Xiaowei" <xiaowei.yang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  >> Doesn't your solution amount to what we already do, for the 2-node 
> example?
>  >> i.e., node0 would not be chosen until node1 is exhausted?
>  >>
>  > Oh, what I mean is:
>  > With the above possible fix, the domain memory is allocated from the
>  > node it pinned to. As node0's memory is precious for DMA, it's suggested
>  > to pin VMs to other nodes firstly.
>  >
>  > And for non-pinned VM, we can stick to the original method.
>
> How about by default we guarantee no more than 25% of a node's memory is
> classed as 'DMA memory', and we reduce the DMA address width variable in Xen
> to ensure that?
>
> So, in your example, we would reduce dma_bitsize to 30.
>
>  -- Keir
Yes, a good suggestion!

Thanks,
Xiaowei

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