linux-kernel - Re: [virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH v11 3/6] virtio-balloon: VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE

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Date:   Wed, 12 Jul 2017 21:05:38 +0800
From:   Wei Wang <wei.w.wang@...el.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
CC:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        virtio-dev@...ts.oasis-open.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        qemu-devel@...gnu.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, david@...hat.com,
        dave.hansen@...el.com, cornelia.huck@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mgorman@...hsingularity.net,
        aarcange@...hat.com, amit.shah@...hat.com, pbonzini@...hat.com,
        liliang.opensource@...il.com
Subject: Re: [virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH v11 3/6] virtio-balloon: VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_CHUNKS

Hi Matthew,

On 06/28/2017 11:04 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 04:10:17PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
>>> So you still have a home-grown bitmap. I'd like to know why
>>> isn't xbitmap suggested for this purpose by Matthew Wilcox
>>> appropriate. Please add a comment explaining the requirements
>>> from the data structure.
>> I didn't find his xbitmap being upstreamed, did you?
> It doesn't have any users in the tree yet.  Can't add code with new users.
> You should be the first!

Glad to be the first person eating your tomato. Taste good :-)
Please have a check how it's cooked in the latest v12 patches. Thanks.

Best,
Wei