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2012 Mar 09
2
[PATCH] linux-2.6.18/gnttab: add deferred freeing logic
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com> --- a/drivers/xen/core/gnttab.c +++ b/drivers/xen/core/gnttab.c @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/seqlock.h> +#include <linux/timer.h> #include <xen/interface/xen.h> #include <xen/gnttab.h> #include <asm/pgtable.h> @@ -183,35 +184,119 @@ int
2012 Apr 05
0
[PATCH] xen/gnttab: add deferred freeing logic
Rather than just leaking pages that can''t be freed at the point where access permission for the backend domain gets revoked, put them on a list and run a timer to (infrequently) retry freeing them. (This can particularly happen when unloading a frontend driver when devices are still present, and the backend still has them in non-closed state or hasn''t finished closing them yet.)