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2013 May 28
2
[PATCH] virtio-balloon spec: rework VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MUST_TELL_HOST feature, support silent deflation
Il 28/05/2013 17:09, Michael S. Tsirkin ha scritto:
> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 04:32:44PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> Il 28/05/2013 16:29, Michael S. Tsirkin ha scritto:
>>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 04:06:02PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>>> Il 28/05/2013 15:32, Michael S. Tsirkin ha scritto:
>>>>> At this point I am confused. I think there are two
2013 May 28
0
[PATCH] virtio-balloon spec: rework VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MUST_TELL_HOST feature, support silent deflation
...old hosts and guests.
>
> What is the exact scenario that you have in mind?
Existing host follows spec, advertises MUST_TELL_HOST (only)
guest acks that and still does not tell host.
> Here are all the possibilities:
Basically it looks like besides TELL_HOST you want another bit
"DONT_TELL_HOST". This just seems weird, and interactions
between the two become very complex. Look at the amount of
text in this thread.
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> - host that requires tell-first for a real balloon (doesn't
> propose new bit), any guest (doesn't matter if they are old
> or new since the new...