linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: balloon: Permit Linux to specify hot-add alignment requirements

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Date:	Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:36:11 -0700
From:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com,
	jasowang@...hat.com
Cc:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: balloon: Permit Linux to specify hot-add alignment requirements

Some Windows hosts permit the guest to specify memory hot-add alignment
requirements (if any). Linux currently requires a 128MB alignment on memory
segments that can be hot-added. Specify this alignment requirement to the
host.

Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
---
 drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c |   17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
index 4cc1d10..e598c67 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
@@ -117,7 +117,14 @@ union dm_caps {
 	struct {
 		__u64 balloon:1;
 		__u64 hot_add:1;
-		__u64 reservedz:62;
+		/*
+		 * To support guests that may have alignment
+		 * limitations on hot-add, the guest can specify
+		 * its alignment requirements; a value of n
+		 * represents an alignment of 2^n in mega bytes.
+		 */
+		__u64 hot_add_alignment:4;
+		__u64 reservedz:58;
 	} cap_bits;
 	__u64 caps;
 } __packed;
@@ -784,7 +791,7 @@ static unsigned long process_hot_add(unsigned long pg_start,
 	 * If the host has specified a hot-add range; deal with it first.
 	 */
 
-	if ((rg_size != 0) && (!dm_device.host_specified_ha_region)) {
+	if (rg_size != 0) {
 		ha_region = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hv_hotadd_state), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!ha_region)
 			return 0;
@@ -1410,6 +1417,12 @@ static int balloon_probe(struct hv_device *dev,
 	cap_msg.caps.cap_bits.hot_add = 1;
 
 	/*
+	 * Specify our alignment requirements as it relates
+	 * memory hot-add. Specify 128MB alignment.
+	 */
+	cap_msg.caps.cap_bits.hot_add_alignment = 7;
+
+	/*
 	 * Currently the host does not use these
 	 * values and we set them to what is done in the
 	 * Windows driver.
-- 
1.7.4.1

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