similar to: [PATCH v11 0/6] Virtio-balloon Enhancement

This patch series implements the follow two things: 1) Optimization of balloon page transfer: instead of transferring balloon pages to host one by one, the new mechanism transfers them in chunks. 2) A mechanism to report info of guest unused pages: the pages have been unused at some time between when host sent command and when guest reported them. Host uses that by tracking memory changes and

This patch series implements the follow two things: 1) Optimization of balloon page transfer: instead of transferring balloon pages to host one by one, the new mechanism transfers them in chunks. 2) A mechanism to report info of guest unused pages: the pages have been unused at some time between when host sent command and when guest reported them. Host uses that by tracking memory changes and

On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 06:41:38PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote: > Add a new feature, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_CHUNKS, which enables > the transfer of the ballooned (i.e. inflated/deflated) pages in > chunks to the host. so now these chunks are just s/g list entry. So let's rename this VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_SG with a comment: * Use standard virtio s/g instead of PFN lists * > The implementation

On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 06:41:38PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote: > Add a new feature, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_CHUNKS, which enables > the transfer of the ballooned (i.e. inflated/deflated) pages in > chunks to the host. so now these chunks are just s/g list entry. So let's rename this VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_SG with a comment: * Use standard virtio s/g instead of PFN lists * > The implementation

This patch series implements two optimizations: 1) transfer pages in chuncks between the guest and host; 2) transfer the guest unused pages to the host so that they can be skipped to migrate in live migration. Changes: v8->v9: 1) Split the two new features, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_BALLOON_CHUNKS and VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MISC_VQ, which were mixed together in the previous implementation; 2) Simpler

This patch series implements two optimizations: 1) transfer pages in chuncks between the guest and host; 2) transfer the guest unused pages to the host so that they can be skipped to migrate in live migration. Changes: v8->v9: 1) Split the two new features, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_BALLOON_CHUNKS and VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MISC_VQ, which were mixed together in the previous implementation; 2) Simpler

This patch series implements two optimizations: 1) transfer pages in chuncks between the guest and host; 2) transfer the guest unused pages to the host so that they can be skipped to migrate in live migration. Please read each patch commit log for details. Changes: v7->v8: 1) Use only one chunk format, instead of two. 2) re-write the virtio-balloon implementation patch. 3) commit changes 4)

This patch series implements two optimizations: 1) transfer pages in chuncks between the guest and host; 2) transfer the guest unused pages to the host so that they can be skipped to migrate in live migration. Please read each patch commit log for details. Changes: v7->v8: 1) Use only one chunk format, instead of two. 2) re-write the virtio-balloon implementation patch. 3) commit changes 4)

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 05:35:05PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote: > Add a new feature, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_BALLOON_CHUNKS, which enables Let's find a better name here. VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_CHUNK > the transfer of the ballooned (i.e. inflated/deflated) pages in > chunks to the host. > > The implementation of the previous virtio-balloon is not very > efficient, because the ballooned

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 05:35:05PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote: > Add a new feature, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_BALLOON_CHUNKS, which enables Let's find a better name here. VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_CHUNK > the transfer of the ballooned (i.e. inflated/deflated) pages in > chunks to the host. > > The implementation of the previous virtio-balloon is not very > efficient, because the ballooned

Add a new feature, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_CHUNKS, which enables the transfer of the ballooned (i.e. inflated/deflated) pages in chunks to the host. The implementation of the previous virtio-balloon is not very efficient, because the ballooned pages are transferred to the host one by one. Here is the breakdown of the time in percentage spent on each step of the balloon inflating process (inflating

On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 04:50:12PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote: > Add a new feature, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_CHUNKS, which enables > the transfer of the ballooned (i.e. inflated/deflated) pages in > chunks to the host. > > The implementation of the previous virtio-balloon is not very > efficient, because the ballooned pages are transferred to the > host one by one. Here is the

On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 04:50:12PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote: > Add a new feature, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_CHUNKS, which enables > the transfer of the ballooned (i.e. inflated/deflated) pages in > chunks to the host. > > The implementation of the previous virtio-balloon is not very > efficient, because the ballooned pages are transferred to the > host one by one. Here is the

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 09:55:23PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote: > Add a new feature, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_SG, which enables the transfer of > balloon (i.e. inflated/deflated) pages using scatter-gather lists to the > host. A scatter-gather list is described by a vring desc. > > The implementation of the previous virtio-balloon is not very efficient, > because the balloon pages are

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 09:55:23PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote: > Add a new feature, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_SG, which enables the transfer of > balloon (i.e. inflated/deflated) pages using scatter-gather lists to the > host. A scatter-gather list is described by a vring desc. > > The implementation of the previous virtio-balloon is not very efficient, > because the balloon pages are

This patch series enhances the existing virtio-balloon with the following new features: 1) fast ballooning: transfer ballooned pages between the guest and host in chunks using sgs, instead of one array each time; and 2) free page block reporting: a new virtqueue to report guest free pages to the host. The second feature can be used to accelerate live migration of VMs. Here are some details: Live

This patch series enhances the existing virtio-balloon with the following new features: 1) fast ballooning: transfer ballooned pages between the guest and host in chunks using sgs, instead of one array each time; and 2) free page block reporting: a new virtqueue to report guest free pages to the host. The second feature can be used to accelerate live migration of VMs. Here are some details: Live

This patch series enhances the existing virtio-balloon with the following new features: 1) fast ballooning: transfer ballooned pages between the guest and host in chunks using sgs, instead of one array each time; and 2) free page block reporting: a new virtqueue to report guest free pages to the host. The second feature can be used to accelerate live migration of VMs. Here are some details: Live

This patch series enhances the existing virtio-balloon with the following new features: 1) fast ballooning: transfer ballooned pages between the guest and host in chunks using sgs, instead of one array each time; and 2) free page block reporting: a new virtqueue to report guest free pages to the host. The second feature can be used to accelerate live migration of VMs. Here are some details: Live

Add a new feature, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_CHUNKS, which enables the transfer of the ballooned (i.e. inflated/deflated) pages in chunks to the host. The implementation of the previous virtio-balloon is not very efficient, because the ballooned pages are transferred to the host one by one. Here is the breakdown of the time in percentage spent on each step of the balloon inflating process (inflating