linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 0/7] Extend virtio-balloon for fast (de)inflating & fast live migration

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Date:   Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:25:21 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Liang Li <liang.z.li@...el.com>, mst@...hat.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        virtio-dev@...ts.oasis-open.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        qemu-devel@...gnu.org, quintela@...hat.com, dgilbert@...hat.com,
        pbonzini@...hat.com, cornelia.huck@...ibm.com, amit.shah@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 0/7] Extend virtio-balloon for fast
 (de)inflating & fast live migration

On 10/20/2016 11:24 PM, Liang Li wrote:
> Dave Hansen suggested a new scheme to encode the data structure,
> because of additional complexity, it's not implemented in v3.

So, what do you want done with this patch set?  Do you want it applied
as-is so that we can introduce a new host/guest ABI that we must support
until the end of time?  Then, we go back in a year or two and add the
newer format that addresses the deficiencies that this ABI has with a
third version?