linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kvm: add oom notifier for virtio balloon

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Date:	Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:35:44 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>
Cc:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, avi@...hat.com,
	Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: add oom notifier for virtio balloon

On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 11:15:21 pm Dave Young wrote:
> Balloon could cause guest memory oom killing and panic.
> 
> Add oom notify to leak some memory and retry fill balloon after 5 minutes.

Have you tried registering a shrinker?  See mm.h.

Thanks,
Rusty.
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