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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 13:45:07 +0000 From: KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com> To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> CC: "olaf@...fle.de" <olaf@...fle.de>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "andi@...stfloor.org" <andi@...stfloor.org>, "apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>, "devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>, "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] mm: Export vm_committed_as > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@...uxfoundation.org] > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 9:36 AM > To: KY Srinivasan > Cc: olaf@...fle.de; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; andi@...stfloor.org; > apw@...onical.com; devel@...uxdriverproject.org; akpm@...ux-foundation.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: Export vm_committed_as > > On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 03:35:50AM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@...uxfoundation.org] > > > Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 8:44 PM > > > To: KY Srinivasan > > > Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; devel@...uxdriverproject.org; > olaf@...fle.de; > > > apw@...onical.com; akpm@...ux-foundation.org; andi@...stfloor.org > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: Export vm_committed_as > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 04:59:45PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > > > > The policy engine on the host expects the guest to report the > > > > committed_as. Since this variable is not exported, > > > > export this symbol. > > > > > > Why are these symbols not needed by either Xen or KVM or vmware, which > > > I think all support the same thing, right? > > > > The basic balloon driver does not need this symbol since the basic balloon driver > > is not automatically driven by the host. On the Windows host we have a policy > engine that > > drives the balloon driver based on both guest level memory pressure that the > guest > > reports as well as other system level metrics the host maintains. We need this > symbol to > > drive the policy engine on the host. > > Ok, but you're going to have to get the -mm developers to agree that > this is ok before I can accept it. Andi Kleen suggested that I send the patch to Andrew Morton for acceptance. That is why I have included both Andrew Morton and Andi Kleen in the email list for these patches. Should I have sent that patch to a different email alias for acceptance by the mm developers. Regards, K. Y -- 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/
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