linux-kernel - Re: [Patch V5 00/16] xen: support pv-domains larger than 512GB

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Message-ID: <55A5E100.3070900@suse.com>
Date:	Wed, 15 Jul 2015 06:26:40 +0200
From:	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	david.vrabel@...rix.com, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [Patch V5 00/16] xen: support pv-domains larger than 512GB

On 07/10/2015 03:39 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 02:47:45PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
>> Support 64 bit pv-domains with more than 512GB of memory.
>>
>> Following test have been done:
>> - 64 bit dom0 on 8GB machine
>> - 64 bit dom0 on 1TB machine (resolving p2m/E820-map conflict)
>> - 32 bit dom0 on 8GB machine
>> - 64 bit dom0 on 8GB machine with faked kernel/E820-map conflict
>> - 64 bit dom0 on 8GB machine with faked pgtable/E820-map conflict
>> - 64 bit dom0 on 8GB machine with faked initrd/E820-map conflict
>> - 64 bit dom0 on 8GB machine with faked p2m/E820-map conflict
>> - 64 bit domU (sizes up to 900GB)
>> - 32 bit domU
>
> Woot!
>
> Thank you for doing that. I noticed that you used the 'normal'
> sizes, but nothing as odd as '3145M' or such to try to break
> things. Not sure if it is worht it - as the test suite that
> Boris runs does run with some odd sizes to catch this.

How did you notice the domU sizes from these lines? :-)

I tested with sizes being power of 2 as well as other values (e.g.
100000 MB).

> I only had one comment about the #13 patch, otherwise I think
> we are OK with this patchset?

Can I take this as an "Acked-by" for the other patches?


Juergen

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