Re: [Xen-users] Dom0 Memory?

["Fajar A. Nugraha" <list@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 09:11 +0100, Ian Tobin wrote:

>> Xl info
>>
>> total_memory           : 15869
>> free_memory            : 13124


>> Now I create a new config file for VM2 and I set the RAM
>>
>> memory = 12288

>> libxl: error: libxl.c:2150:libxl_set_memory_target new target 0 for dom0 is 
>> below the minimum threshold
>>
>> failed to free memory for the domain
>>
>> Why it is trying to take memory from dom0??
>
> You need to set "autoballoon=0" in /etc/xen/xl.conf if you don't want xl
> to automatically balloon dom0 down when starting a domain -- for example
> if you use the dom0_mem option.
>
> Ian.

Isn't that a bug? Shouldn't xl try to use free_memory first, and only
try to baloon-down memory from dom0 if it still needs more?

-- 
Fajar

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