linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] PVH linux: Use ballooning to allocate grant table pages

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Date:	Fri, 1 Feb 2013 14:00:58 -0800
From:	Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@...cle.com>
To:	Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@...cle.com>
Cc:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	"Xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <Xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>,
	"stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com" <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] PVH linux: Use ballooning to allocate grant
 table pages

On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:44:46 -0800
Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@...cle.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:30:15 -0800
> Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@...cle.com> wrote:
> 
> > This patch fixes a fixme in Linux to use alloc_xenballooned_pages()
> > to allocate pfns for grant table pages instead of kmalloc. This also
> > simplifies add to physmap on the xen side a bit.
> 
> Looking at it again, I realized rc should be signed in
> gnttab_resume(). Below again. Thanks.

Konrad, Please hold off on this patch. I discovered an issue on the 
domU side with this change. I'm currently investigating if it's 
related.

thanks,
Mukesh
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