Re: [PATCH] tools/xl: Remove the filelock when building VM if autoballooning is off

[Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Apr 07, 2020 at 05:10:59PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Dmitry Isaykin writes ("[PATCH] tools/xl: Remove the filelock when building 
> VM if autoballooning is off"):
> > The presence of this filelock does not allow building several VMs at the 
> > same
> > time. This filelock was added to prevent other xl instances from using 
> > memory
> > freeed for the currently building VM in autoballoon mode.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Isaykin <isaikin-dmitry@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This was deferred due to the Xen 4.13 freeze.  I found it in a todo
> list of mine.  I think it should be committed and I will do so soon
> unless someone objects.
> 
> Sorry for the delay, Dmitry!
> 

I applied a reconstructed version of this patch -- the version I got
from lore.k.o doesn't apply cleanly.

Wei.