Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V2 6/7]: PVH: balloon and grant changes

From: Ian Campbell
Date: Wed Oct 17 2012 - 05:32:03 EST


On Wed, 2012-10-17 at 01:09 +0100, Mukesh Rathor wrote:
> > > gsv.version = 1;
> > > else
> > > gsv.version = 2;
> > > @@ -1083,12 +1088,24 @@ static void gnttab_request_version(void)
> > > int gnttab_resume(void)
> > > {
> > > unsigned int max_nr_gframes;
> > > + char *kmsg = "Failed to kmalloc pages for pv in hvm grant
> > > frames\n";
> > > gnttab_request_version();
> > > max_nr_gframes = gnttab_max_grant_frames();
> > > if (max_nr_gframes < nr_grant_frames)
> > > return -ENOSYS;
> > >
> > > + /* PVH note: xen will free existing kmalloc'd mfn in
> > > + * XENMEM_add_to_physmap */
> >
> > It doesn't leak it?
> > We should consider using xenballoon_alloc_pages here.
>
> Well, it's a one time allocation of a dozen (iirc) pages, that are
> returned back to dom heap.

> We could use xenballoon, but for that we
> need to create vma first so we get the contigous VA,
> then map each pte
> since xenballoon_ doesn't return contigous pages, and then populate
> physmap. I'm gonna punt it to phase II. Lets get some working baseline
> in asap.

That's fair enough.


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