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2012-02-02vmw_balloon: fix for a -Wuninitialized warningDanny Kukawka
Fix for a -Wuninitialized compiler warning. Changed return value of vmballoon_send_lock_page() from bool to int to be able to distinguish between the error cases to avoid uninitialized use of hv_status in vmballoon_reserve_page() Signed-off-by: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@bisect.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2011-11-02drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c: fix typo in code commentRakib Mullick
Fix typo in code comment. Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@gmail.com> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-11-02drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c: determine page allocation flag can_sleep outside ↵Rakib Mullick
loop In vmballoon_reserve_page(), flags has been passed from the callee function (vmballoon_inflate here). So, we can determine can_sleep outside the loop. Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@gmail.com> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-07-26Vmware balloon: switch to using sysem-wide freezable workqueueDmitry Torokhov
With the arrival of concurrency-managed workqueues there is no need for our driver to use dedicated workqueue; system-wide one should suffice just fine. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix comment layout & grammar] Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-02-16workqueue, freezer: unify spelling of 'freeze' + 'able' to 'freezable'Tejun Heo
There are two spellings in use for 'freeze' + 'able' - 'freezable' and 'freezeable'. The former is the more prominent one. The latter is mostly used by workqueue and in a few other odd places. Unify the spelling to 'freezable'. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Acked-by: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Alex Dubov <oakad@yahoo.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2011-01-13VMware balloon: stop locking pages when hypervisor tells us enoughDmitry Torokhov
When hypervisor decides to decrease target balloon size while the balloon driver tries to lock pages hypervisor may respond with VMW_BALLOON_PPN_NOTNEEDED. Use this data and immediately stop reserving pages and wait for the next update cycle to fetch new target instead of continuing trying to lock pages until size of refused list grows above VMW_BALLOON_MAX_REFUSED (16) pages. As a result the driver stops bothering the hypervisor with its attempts to lock more pages that are not needed anymore. Most likely next order from hypervisor will be to reduce ballon size anyway. It is a small optimization. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-09-22vmware balloon: rename moduleDmitry Torokhov
In an effort to minimize customer confusion we want to unify naming convention for VMware-provided kernel modules. This change renames the balloon driver from vmware_ballon to vmw_balloon. We expect to follow this naming convention (vmw_<module_name>) for all modules that are part of mainline kernel and/or being distributed by VMware, with the sole exception of vmxnet3 driver (since the name of mainline driver happens to match with the name used in VMware Tools). Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com> Acked-by: Bhavesh Davda <bhavesh@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>