linux-kernel - Re: RFD: virtio balloon API use (was Re: [PATCH 5 of 5] virtio: expose added descriptors immediately)

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Message-ID: <20120704105533.GB21704@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 4 Jul 2012 13:55:33 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: RFD: virtio balloon API use (was Re: [PATCH 5 of 5] virtio:
 expose added descriptors immediately)

On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 10:17:46AM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 13:08:19 -0300, Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com> wrote:
> > As 'locking in balloon', may I assume the approach I took for the compaction case
> > is OK and aligned to address these concerns of yours? If not, do not hesitate in
> > giving me your thoughts, please. I'm respinning a V3 series to address a couple
> > of extra nitpicks from the compaction standpoint, and I'd love to be able to
> > address any extra concern you might have on the balloon side of that work.
> 
> It's orthogonal, though looks like they clash textually :(
> 
> I'll re-spin MST's patch on top of yours, and include both in my tree,
> otherwise linux-next will have to do the merge.  But I'll await your
> push before pushing to Linus next merge window.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rusty.

While theoretical mine is a bugfix so could be 3.5 material, no?

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MST
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