[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [Xen-devel] Proposed XENMEM_claim_pages hypercall: Analysis of problem and alternate solutions



On Wed, 2013-01-09 at 14:44 +0000, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> > From: Ian Campbell [mailto:Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Proposed XENMEM_claim_pages hypercall: Analysis of 
> > problem and alternate
> > solutions
> > 
> > On Tue, 2013-01-08 at 19:41 +0000, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> > > [1] A clarification: In the Oracle model, there is only maxmem;
> > > i.e. current_maxmem is always the same as lifetime_maxmem;
> > 
> > This is exactly what I am proposing that you change in order to
> > implement something like the claim mechanism in the toolstack.
> > 
> > If your model is fixed in stone and cannot accommodate changes of this
> > type then there isn't much point in continuing this conversation.
> > 
> > I think we need to agree on this before we consider the rest of your
> > mail in detail, so I have snipped all that for the time being.
> 
> Agreed that it is not fixed in stone.  I should have said
> "In the _current_ Oracle model" and that footnote was only for
> comparison purposes.  So, please, do proceed in commenting on the
> two premises I outlined.

I have a meeting in a moment, I'll take a look later.
 
Ian.


_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel


 


Rackspace

Lists.xenproject.org is hosted with RackSpace, monitoring our
servers 24x7x365 and backed by RackSpace's Fanatical Support®.