[PATCH 6/8] xen/setup: Work properly with 'dom0_mem=X' or with not dom0_mem.

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Mon Apr 16 2012 - 13:21:16 EST


We ignored the X value and ended up populating up to
max(MAX_DOMAIN_PAGES, last E820_RAM entry).

This fixes it by figuring out how many RAM nr_pages the
hypervisor wanted to provide to us and cap the populate
hypercalls up to that.

The end result is (on a 8GB box):

dom0_mem=1G
-Memory: 610884k/9435136k available (5817k kernel code, 1136060k absent, 7688192k reserved, 2899k data, 696k init)
+Memory: 724184k/1053064k available (5817k kernel code, 4552k absent, 324328k reserved, 2899k data, 696k init)

no dom0_mem
-Memory: 7619036k/9435136k available (5817k kernel code, 1136060k absent, 680040k reserved, 2899k data, 696k init)
+Memory: 7621460k/9208688k available (5817k kernel code, 1136060k absent, 451168k reserved, 2899k data, 696k init)

[v1: Details added]
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/xen/setup.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/setup.c b/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
index 7b0ab77..0e82bf1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
@@ -185,11 +185,29 @@ static unsigned long __init xen_get_max_pages(void)
* the current maximum rather than the static maximum. In this
* case the e820 map provided to us will cover the static
* maximum region.
+ *
+ * The dom0_mem=min:X,max:Y tweaks options differently depending
+ * on the version, but in general this is what we get:
+ * | XENMEM_maximum_reser | nr_pages
+ * --------------++-----------------------+-------------------
+ * no dom0_mem | INT_MAX | max_phys_pfn
+ * =3G | INT_MAX | 786432
+ * =max:3G | 786432 | 786432
+ * =min:1G,max:3G| INT_MAX | max_phys_fn
+ * =1G,max:3G | INT_MAX | 262144
+ * =min:1G,max:3G,2G | INT_MAX | max_phys_fn
+ *
+ * The =3G is often used and it lead to us initially setting
+ * 786432 and allowing dom0 to balloon up to the max_physical_pfn.
+ * This is at odd with the classic XenOClassic so lets emulate
+ * the classic behavior.
*/
if (xen_initial_domain()) {
ret = HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_maximum_reservation, &domid);
if (ret > 0)
max_pages = ret;
+ if (ret == -1UL)
+ max_pages = xen_start_info->nr_pages;
}

return min(max_pages, MAX_DOMAIN_PAGES);
--
1.7.7.5

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