Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0 of 5] Memory sharing overhaul part 2

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 08.12.11 at 14:54, Andres Lagar-Cavilla <andres@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> (Sigh, the previous pachbomb got truncated by an smtp quota in my 
> provider... remaining patches in this series)

But you also didn't re-write the description for this shorter series:

> This patch series proposes an overhaul of the memory sharing code.
> 
> Aside from bug fixes and cleanups, the main features are:

I wasn't able to spot any bug fixes or cleanups, and apart from
patch 3 all others merely add dead code. I'm therefore tempted to
nak 1, 2, 4, and 5 unless you come forward with code that actually
uses these new bits.

> - Polling of stats via libxc, libxl and console
> - Removal of global sharing hashtable and global sharing lock 
> (if audit disabled)
> - Turned sharing audits into a domctl
> - New domctl to populate vacant physmap entries with shared 
> pages.
> 
> As a result, the domctl interface to sharing changes. The only in-tree
> consumer of this interface is updated in the current series. It is 
> important that if any out-of-tree consumer exists, that they state
> their opinion on this interface change.
> 
> Patches 5 to 8, 10, 11, 15 and 18 are tools patches.

There's no patch 8 and higher here.

Jan



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