Doesn't this basically just revert
bf50e69f63d21091e525185c3ae761412be0ba72?


On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 06:06:56AM +0300, Sasha Levin wrote:
> Unless the host requires that requested pages won't be used until
> he us notified (VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MUST_TELL_HOST), only notify after
> deflating the balloon.
> 
> This will avoid having to take an exit before actually using the pages.
> 
> Cc: Rusty Russell <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c |   16 ++++++++++------
>  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
> index e058ace..055f95d 100644
> --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
> @@ -148,14 +148,18 @@ static void leak_balloon(struct virtio_balloon *vb, 
> size_t num)
>               vb->num_pages--;
>       }
>  
> -
>       /*
> -      * Note that if
> -      * virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MUST_TELL_HOST);
> -      * is true, we *have* to do it in this order
> +      * If the host doesn't require us to notify him before using
> +      * pages which belong to the balloon, update him only after
> +      * freeing those pages for guest use.
>        */
> -     tell_host(vb, vb->deflate_vq);
> -     release_pages_by_pfn(vb->pfns, vb->num_pfns);
> +     if (virtio_has_feature(vb->vdev, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MUST_TELL_HOST)) {
> +             tell_host(vb, vb->deflate_vq);
> +             release_pages_by_pfn(vb->pfns, vb->num_pfns);
> +     } else {
> +             release_pages_by_pfn(vb->pfns, vb->num_pfns);
> +             tell_host(vb, vb->deflate_vq);
> +     }
>  }
>  
>  static inline void update_stat(struct virtio_balloon *vb, int idx,
> -- 
> 1.7.6
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