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2014-05-03Drivers: hv: balloon: Ensure pressure reports are posted regularlyK. Y. Srinivasan
The current code posts periodic memory pressure status from a dedicated thread. Under some conditions, especially when we are releasing a lot of memory into the guest, we may not send timely pressure reports back to the host. Fix this issue by reporting pressure in all contexts that can be active in this driver. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2014-02-15Drivers: hv: Ballon: Make pressure posting thread sleep interruptiblyK. Y. Srinivasan
The non-interruptible sleep of the memory pressure posting thread results in higher reported load average. Make this sleep interruptible. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-08-02Drivers: hv: remove HV_DRV_VERSIONOlaf Hering
Remove HV_DRV_VERSION, it has no meaning for upstream drivers. Initially it was supposed to show the "Linux Integration Services" version, now it is not in sync anymore with the out-of-tree drivers available from the MSFT website. The only place where a version string is still required is the KVP command "IntegrationServicesVersion" which is handled by tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c. To satisfy such KVP request from the host pass the current string to the daemon during KVP userland registration. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de> Acked-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-07-29Merge 3.11-rc3 into char-misc-next.Greg Kroah-Hartman
This resolves a merge issue with: drivers/misc/mei/init.c Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-07-26Drivers: hv: balloon: Initialize the transaction ID just before sending the ↵K. Y. Srinivasan
packet Each message sent from the guest carries with it a transaction ID. Assign the transaction ID just before putting the message on the VMBUS. This would help in debugging on the host side. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-07-16Drivers: hv: balloon: Do not post pressure status if interruptedK. Y. Srinivasan
When we are posting pressure status, we may get interrupted and handle the un-balloon operation. In this case just don't post the status as we know the pressure status is stale. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-07-16Drivers: hv: balloon: Fix a bug in the hot-add codeK. Y. Srinivasan
As we hot-add 128 MB chunks of memory, we wait to ensure that the memory is onlined before attempting to hot-add the next chunk. If the udev rule for memory hot-add is not executed within the allowed time, we would rollback the state and abort further hot-add. Since the hot-add has succeeded and the only failure is that the memory is not onlined within the allowed time, we should not be rolling back the state. Fix this bug. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-03-29Drivers: hv: Notify the host of permanent hot-add failuresK. Y. Srinivasan
If memory hot-add fails with the error -EEXIST, then this is a permanent failure. Notify the host of this information, so the host will not attempt hot-add again. If the failure were a transient failure, host will attempt a hot-add after some delay. In this version of the patch, I have added some additional comments to clarify how the host treats different failure conditions. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-03-29Drivers: hv: balloon: Support 2M page allocations for ballooningK. Y. Srinivasan
On Hyper-V it will be very efficient to use 2M allocations in the guest as this makes the ballooning protocol with the host that much more efficient. Hyper-V uses page ranges (start pfn : number of pages) to specify memory being moved around and with 2M pages this encoding can be very efficient. However, when memory is returned to the guest, the host does not guarantee any granularity. To deal with this issue, split the page soon after a successful 2M allocation so that this memory can potentially be freed as 4K pages. If 2M allocations fail, we revert to 4K allocations. In this version of the patch, based on the feedback from Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>, I have added some additional commentary to the patch description. Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-03-29Drivers: hv: balloon: Permit Linux to specify hot-add alignment requirementsK. Y. Srinivasan
Some Windows hosts permit the guest to specify memory hot-add alignment requirements (if any). Linux currently requires a 128MB alignment on memory segments that can be hot-added. Specify this alignment requirement to the host. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-03-25Drivers: hv: balloon: make local functions staticWei Yongjun
local functions that could be static. Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-03-15Drivers: hv: balloon: Implement hot-add functionalityK. Y. Srinivasan
Implement the memory hot-add functionality. With this, Linux guests can fully participate in the Dynamic Memory protocol implemented in the Windows hosts. In this version of the patch, based Olaf Herring's feedback, I have gotten rid of the module level dependency on MEMORY_HOTPLUG. Instead the code within the driver that depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG has the appropriate compilation switches. This would allow this driver to support pure ballooning in cases where the kernel does not support memory hotplug. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-03-15Drivers: hv: balloon: Make the balloon driver not unloadableK. Y. Srinivasan
The balloon driver is stateful. For instance, it needs to keep track of pages that have been ballooned out to properly post pressure reports. This state cannot be re-constructed if the driver were to be unloaded and subsequently loaded. Furthermore, as we support memory hot-add as part of this driver, this driver becomes even more stateful and this state cannot be re-created. Make the balloon driver unloadable to deal with this issue. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-03-15Drivers: hv: balloon: Execute hot-add code in a separate contextK. Y. Srinivasan
Execute the hot-add operation in a separate work context. This allows us to decouple the pressure reporting activity from the "hot-add" activity. Testing has shown that this makes the guest more responsive to hot add requests. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-03-15Drivers: hv: balloon: Execute balloon inflation in a separate contextK. Y. Srinivasan
Execute the balloon inflation operation in a separate work context. This allows us to decouple the pressure reporting activity from the ballooning activity. Testing has shown that this decoupling makes the guest more reponsive. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-03-15Drivers: hv: balloon: Do not request completion notificationK. Y. Srinivasan
There is no need to request completion notification; get rid of it. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-02-08Drivers: hv: balloon: Prevent the host from ballooning the guest too lowK. Y. Srinivasan
Based on the amount of memory being managed set a floor on how low the guest can be ballooned. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-02-08Drivers: hv: balloon: Add a parameter to delay pressure reportingK. Y. Srinivasan
Delay reporting memory pressure by a specified amount of time. This addresses the problem where the host may take memory balancing decisions based on incorrect memory pressure data that will be posted as soon as the balloon driver is loaded. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-01-30Drivers: hv: balloon: Make adjustments to the pressure reportK. Y. Srinivasan
The host expects that the pressure report includes the pressure due to the pages that have been ballooned. Make necessary adjustments to reflect that. Also, include the free memory information in the pressure report. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-01-25Merge 3.8-rc5 into char-misc-nextGreg Kroah-Hartman
This pulls in all of the 3.8-rc5 fixes into this branch so we can test easier. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-01-25Drivers: hv: Use consolidated GUID definitionsK. Y. Srinivasan
Use the consolidated GUID definitions in the util and balloon drivers. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-01-17Drivers: hv: balloon: Fix a memory leakK. Y. Srinivasan
The send buffer was being leaked; fix it. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Reported-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-01-17Drivers: hv: balloon: Fix a bug in the definition of struct dm_info_msgK. Y. Srinivasan
There is bug in the definition of struct dm_info_msg. This patch fixes the definition of this structure and makes the corresponding adjustments. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-01-17hv: hv_balloon: remove duplicated include from hv_balloon.cWei Yongjun
Remove duplicated include. Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn> Acked-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2012-11-21hv: hv_balloon: mark a function staticGreg Kroah-Hartman
This resolves the following sparse warning: drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c:548:6: sparse: symbol 'free_balloon_pages' was not declared. Should it be static? Reported-by: Xie ChanglongX <changlongx.xie@intel.com> Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2012-11-15Drivers: hv: Add Hyper-V balloon driverK. Y. Srinivasan
Add the basic balloon driver. Windows hosts dynamically manage the guest memory allocation via a combination memory hot add and ballooning. Memory hot add is used to grow the guest memory upto the maximum memory that can be allocatted to the guest. Ballooning is used to both shrink as well as expand up to the max memory. Supporting hot add needs additional support from the host. We will support hot add when this support is available. For now, by setting the VM startup memory to the VM max memory, we can use ballooning alone to dynamically manage memory allocation amongst competing guests on a given host. Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>