RE: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 1/7] virtio-balloon: rework deflate to add page to a list

2016-10-24 Thread Li, Liang Z
> On 10/20/2016 11:24 PM, Liang Li wrote: > > Will allow faster notifications using a bitmap down the road. > > balloon_pfn_to_page() can be removed because it's useless. > > This is a pretty terse description of what's going on here. Could you try to > elaborate a bit? What *is* the current app

Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 1/7] virtio-balloon: rework deflate to add page to a list

2016-10-24 Thread Dave Hansen
On 10/20/2016 11:24 PM, Liang Li wrote: > Will allow faster notifications using a bitmap down the road. > balloon_pfn_to_page() can be removed because it's useless. This is a pretty terse description of what's going on here. Could you try to elaborate a bit? What *is* the current approach? Why

[RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 1/7] virtio-balloon: rework deflate to add page to a list

2016-10-20 Thread Liang Li
Will allow faster notifications using a bitmap down the road. balloon_pfn_to_page() can be removed because it's useless. Signed-off-by: Liang Li Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Cc: Paolo Bonzini Cc: Cornelia Huck Cc: Amit Shah --- drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 22 --