similar to: virtio queue numbering and optional queues

On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 03:18:50PM -0700, Daniel Verkamp wrote: > Hello virtio folks, Hi Daniel, I have CCed those involved in the free page hint and page reporting features. Stefan > > I noticed a mismatch between the way the specification defines > device-specific virtqueue indexes and the way device and driver > implementers have interpreted the specification. As a practical

>> static void virtio_balloon_unregister_shrinker(struct virtio_balloon *vb) >> @@ -971,7 +950,22 @@ static int virtballoon_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev) >> VIRTIO_BALLOON_CMD_ID_STOP); >> spin_lock_init(&vb->free_page_list_lock); >> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vb->free_page_list); >> + /* >> + * We're allowed to reuse any free

>> static void virtio_balloon_unregister_shrinker(struct virtio_balloon *vb) >> @@ -971,7 +950,22 @@ static int virtballoon_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev) >> VIRTIO_BALLOON_CMD_ID_STOP); >> spin_lock_init(&vb->free_page_list_lock); >> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vb->free_page_list); >> + /* >> + * We're allowed to reuse any free

Commit 71994620bb25 ("virtio_balloon: replace oom notifier with shrinker") changed the behavior when deflation happens automatically. Instead of deflating when called by the OOM handler, the shrinker is used. However, the balloon is not simply some other slab cache that should be shrunk when under memory pressure. The shrinker does not have a concept of priorities yet, so this behavior

Commit 71994620bb25 ("virtio_balloon: replace oom notifier with shrinker") changed the behavior when deflation happens automatically. Instead of deflating when called by the OOM handler, the shrinker is used. However, the balloon is not simply some other slab cache that should be shrunk when under memory pressure. The shrinker does not have a concept of priorities yet, so this behavior

Commit 71994620bb25 ("virtio_balloon: replace oom notifier with shrinker") changed the behavior when deflation happens automatically. Instead of deflating when called by the OOM handler, the shrinker is used. However, the balloon is not simply some other slab cache that should be shrunk when under memory pressure. The shrinker does not have a concept of priorities yet, so this behavior

Commit 71994620bb25 ("virtio_balloon: replace oom notifier with shrinker") changed the behavior when deflation happens automatically. Instead of deflating when called by the OOM handler, the shrinker is used. However, the balloon is not simply some other slab cache that should be shrunk when under memory pressure. The shrinker does not have a concept of priorities yet, so this behavior

@Andrew, as this fix is based on free page reporting, can this go through your tree? Patch #1 contains a proper description. v3 -> v4: - Add Ack from David Rientjes - Minor tweaks to test details in the patch description v2 -> v3: - Use vb->vdev instead of vdev in all feature checks. We'll clean the other ones up later. - Add one empty line virtballoon_probe() to make it look

Simple typos, don't repost until there's more substantive feedback. On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 07:44:26PM +0900, Shunsuke Mie wrote: > The Linux PCIe Endpoint framework supports to implement PCIe endpoint > functions using a PCIe controller operating in endpoint mode. > It is possble to realize the behavior of PCIe device, such as virtio PCI > device. This patch introduces a

Add a new vq to report hints of guest free pages to the host. Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <wei.w.wang at intel.com> Signed-off-by: Liang Li <liang.z.li at intel.com> --- drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 164 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 140 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 01:10:11PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote: > Negotiation of the VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_VQ feature indicates the > support of reporting hints of guest free pages to host via virtio-balloon. > > Host requests the guest to report free pages by sending a new cmd > id to the guest via the free_page_report_cmd_id configuration register. > > When the guest starts

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 01:10:11PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote: > Negotiation of the VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_VQ feature indicates the > support of reporting hints of guest free pages to host via virtio-balloon. > > Host requests the guest to report free pages by sending a new cmd > id to the guest via the free_page_report_cmd_id configuration register. > > When the guest starts

Negotiation of the VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_VQ feature indicates the support of reporting hints of guest free pages to host via virtio-balloon. Host requests the guest to report free pages by sending a new cmd id to the guest via the free_page_report_cmd_id configuration register. When the guest starts to report, the first element added to the free page vq is the cmd id given by host. When the

> > Negotiation of the VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_VQ feature indicates the > support of reporting hints of guest free pages to host via virtio-balloon. > > Host requests the guest to report free pages by sending a new cmd > id to the guest via the free_page_report_cmd_id configuration register. > > When the guest starts to report, the first element added to the free page

> > Negotiation of the VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_VQ feature indicates the > support of reporting hints of guest free pages to host via virtio-balloon. > > Host requests the guest to report free pages by sending a new cmd > id to the guest via the free_page_report_cmd_id configuration register. > > When the guest starts to report, the first element added to the free page

Negotiation of the VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_HINT feature indicates the support of reporting hints of guest free pages to host via virtio-balloon. Host requests the guest to report free page hints by sending a new cmd id to the guest via the free_page_report_cmd_id configuration register. When the guest starts to report, the first element added to the free page vq is the cmd id given by host.

This patch series is separated from the previous "Virtio-balloon Enhancement" series. The new feature, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_VQ, implemented by this series enables the virtio-balloon driver to report hints of guest free pages to the host. It can be used to accelerate live migration of VMs. Here is an introduction of this usage: Live migration needs to transfer the VM's memory

Negotiation of the VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_HINT feature indicates the support of reporting hints of guest free pages to host via virtio-balloon. Host requests the guest to report free page hints by sending a new cmd id to the guest via the free_page_report_cmd_id configuration register. When the guest starts to report, the first element added to the free page vq is the cmd id given by host.

Negotiation of the VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_HINT feature indicates the support of reporting hints of guest free pages to host via virtio-balloon. Host requests the guest to report free page hints by sending a new cmd id to the guest via the free_page_report_cmd_id configuration register. When the guest starts to report, the first element added to the free page vq is the cmd id given by host.

> > Add a new vq to report hints of guest free pages to the host. > > Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <wei.w.wang at intel.com> > Signed-off-by: Liang Li <liang.z.li at intel.com> > --- > drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 164 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ > include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h | 1 + > 2 files changed, 140 insertions(+), 25