On 11/2/21 5:19 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
When running as PVH or HVM guest with actual memory < max memory the
hypervisor is using "populate on demand" in order to allow the guest
to balloon down from its maximum memory size. For this to work
correctly the guest must not touch more memory pages
And if so, would you mind doing this while committing (I have one day
off tomorrow)?
Yes, of course.
Thanks.
So I'll change this to pr_notice, even though it's not the best solution.
-boris
On 04.11.21 17:34, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
On 11/4/21 12:21 PM, Juergen Gross wrote:
On 04.11.21 16:55, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
On 11/3/21 9:55 PM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
On 11/2/21 5:19 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
When running as PVH or HVM guest with actual memory < max memory the
hypervisor
On 11/4/21 12:21 PM, Juergen Gross wrote:
On 04.11.21 16:55, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
On 11/3/21 9:55 PM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
On 11/2/21 5:19 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
When running as PVH or HVM guest with actual memory < max memory the
hypervisor is using "populate on demand" in order to
On Thu, Nov 04, 2021 at 11:55:34AM -0400, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> This appears to have noticeable effect on boot time (and boot experience in
> general).
Yes, this is kind of intentional. It avoids killing the domain ("out of
PoD memory") for the price of increased boot time. I still wonder why
On 04.11.21 16:55, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
On 11/3/21 9:55 PM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
On 11/2/21 5:19 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
When running as PVH or HVM guest with actual memory < max memory the
hypervisor is using "populate on demand" in order to allow the guest
to balloon down from its maxi
On 11/3/21 9:55 PM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
On 11/2/21 5:19 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
When running as PVH or HVM guest with actual memory < max memory the
hypervisor is using "populate on demand" in order to allow the guest
to balloon down from its maximum memory size. For this to work
correctl
On 11/2/21 5:19 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
When running as PVH or HVM guest with actual memory < max memory the
hypervisor is using "populate on demand" in order to allow the guest
to balloon down from its maximum memory size. For this to work
correctly the guest must not touch more memory pages
When running as PVH or HVM guest with actual memory < max memory the
hypervisor is using "populate on demand" in order to allow the guest
to balloon down from its maximum memory size. For this to work
correctly the guest must not touch more memory pages than its target
memory size as otherwise the
