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

From: Nadav Amit
Date: Fri May 17 2019 - 13:59:44 EST


> On May 17, 2019, at 10:24 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 05:10:23PM +0000, Nadav Amit wrote:
>>> On May 3, 2019, at 6:25 PM, Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Apr 25, 2019, at 4:54 AM, Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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(-)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 2.19.1
>>>
>>> Ping.
>>
>> Ping.
>>
>> Greg, did it got lost again?
>
>
> I thought you needed the mm developers to ack the first patch, did that
> ever happen?

Yes. You will see Michael Tsirkinâs âAcked-by" on it.