[Xen-devel] [PATCH] Domain creation 4MB memory allocation

[Michal Novotny <minovotn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I've found some problems when running 2 guests with and then trying to 
install a new machine (no matter whether using virt-manager or 
virt-install). I am attaching a patch that fixes this problem.
I was working on 8G box and I have done those things:
1. xm create PVguest maxmem=2500 memory=2500
2. xm create FVguest maxmem=2500 memory=2500
3. virt-install -l http://path/to/install/ -r 2500 -v --nodisks -n 
someGuestName
Before applying this patch it returned "Cannot allocate memory" error 
but after applying my patch it created a new domain and started 
installation well but it's reproducible sometimes and not everytime.
Best regards,
Michal

Signed-off-by: Michal Novotny <minovotn@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff -r d5ddc782bc49 tools/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py   Mon Mar 30 16:48:26 2009 +0100
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py   Wed Apr 01 09:43:37 2009 +0200
@@ -2245,8 +2245,9 @@
         # There is an implicit memory overhead for any domain creation. This
         # overhead is greater for some types of domain than others. For
         # example, an x86 HVM domain will have a default shadow-pagetable
-        # allocation of 1MB. We free up 2MB here to be on the safe side.
-        balloon.free(2*1024, self) # 2MB should be plenty
+        # allocation of 1MB. We free up 4MB here to be on the safe side.
+        # 2MB memory allocation was not enough in some cases, so it's 4MB now
+        balloon.free(4*1024, self) # 4MB should be plenty
 
         ssidref = 0
         if security.on() == xsconstants.XS_POLICY_USE:

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