[PATCH v4 0/4] vmw_balloon: Compaction and shrinker support

From: Nadav Amit
Date: Thu Apr 25 2019 - 15:14:55 EST


VMware balloon enhancements: adding support for memory compaction,
memory shrinker (to prevent OOM) and splitting of refused pages to
prevent recurring inflations.

Patches 1-2: Support for compaction
Patch 3: Support for memory shrinker - disabled by default
Patch 4: Split refused pages to improve performance

v3->v4:
* "get around to" comment [Michael]
* Put list_add under page lock [Michael]

v2->v3:
* Fixing wrong argument type (int->size_t) [Michael]
* Fixing a comment (it) [Michael]
* Reinstating the BUG_ON() when page is locked [Michael]

v1->v2:
* Return number of pages in list enqueue/dequeue interfaces [Michael]
* Removed first two patches which were already merged

Nadav Amit (4):
mm/balloon_compaction: List interfaces
vmw_balloon: Compaction support
vmw_balloon: Add memory shrinker
vmw_balloon: Split refused pages

drivers/misc/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 489 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
include/linux/balloon_compaction.h | 4 +
mm/balloon_compaction.c | 144 ++++++---
4 files changed, 553 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-)

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