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

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <877gud4ybi.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:09:45 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
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 Wed, 4 Jul 2012 13:55:33 +0300, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
> 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?

It's a little thin, but it's a good idea.  I'll try.

Cheers,
Rusty.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/