linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] xen/balloon: Clarify credit calculation

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Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:34:10 +0200
From:	Daniel Kiper <dkiper@...-space.pl>
To:	ian.campbell@...rix.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	andi.kleen@...el.com, haicheng.li@...ux.intel.com,
	fengguang.wu@...el.com, jeremy@...p.org, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
	dan.magenheimer@...cle.com, v.tolstov@...fip.ru, pasik@....fi,
	dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, wdauchy@...il.com, rientjes@...gle.com,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] xen/balloon: Clarify credit calculation

Move credit calculation to current_target()
and rename it to current_credit().

Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <dkiper@...-space.pl>
---
 drivers/xen/balloon.c |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/balloon.c b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
index 42a0ba0..a6d8e59 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static enum bp_state update_schedule(enum bp_state state)
 	return BP_EAGAIN;
 }
 
-static unsigned long current_target(void)
+static long current_credit(void)
 {
 	unsigned long target = balloon_stats.target_pages;
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static unsigned long current_target(void)
 		     balloon_stats.balloon_low +
 		     balloon_stats.balloon_high);
 
-	return target;
+	return target - balloon_stats.current_pages;
 }
 
 static enum bp_state increase_reservation(unsigned long nr_pages)
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static void balloon_process(struct work_struct *work)
 	mutex_lock(&balloon_mutex);
 
 	do {
-		credit = current_target() - balloon_stats.current_pages;
+		credit = current_credit();
 
 		if (credit > 0)
 			state = increase_reservation(credit);
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ void free_xenballooned_pages(int nr_pages, struct page** pages)
 	}
 
 	/* The balloon may be too large now. Shrink it if needed. */
-	if (current_target() != balloon_stats.current_pages)
+	if (current_credit())
 		schedule_delayed_work(&balloon_worker, 0);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&balloon_mutex);
-- 
1.5.6.5
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