[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0 of 4] videoram allocation and stdvga improvements
Samuel Thibault wrote: > Samuel Thibault, le Tue 13 Jan 2009 15:01:08 +0100, a Ãcrit : >> Stefano Stabellini, le Tue 13 Jan 2009 12:17:47 +0000, a Ãcrit : >>> In order to simplify the codepath and the libxc API, this patch series >>> removes the videoram allocation code from hvmloader and lets qemu do the >>> job, using xc_domain_memory_populate_physmap. >> That's what it was doing before I made hvmloader do it. The reason was >> to make save/restore work fine with stubdomains dirty log, etc. > > Ah, now I remember the precise reason, written in the 18383 changelog: > > When creating an HVM domain, if e.g. another domain is created before > qemu allocates video memory, the extra 8MB memory ballooning is not > available any more, because it got consumed by the other domain. > The current design of the autoballoner is limited, as a consequence the autoballoner is racy and it should not be used at all if the user plans to start multiple domains at the same time. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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