linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 0/4] vmw_balloon: Compaction and shrinker support

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Message-ID: <20190425115445.20815-1-namit@vmware.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 Apr 2019 04:54:41 -0700
From:   Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
CC:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Julien Freche <jfreche@...are.com>,
        "VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@...are.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/4] vmw_balloon: Compaction and shrinker support

VMware balloon enhancements: adding support for memory compaction,
memory shrinker (to prevent OOM) and splitting of refused pages to
prevent recurring inflations.

Patches 1-2: Support for compaction
Patch 3: Support for memory shrinker - disabled by default
Patch 4: Split refused pages to improve performance

v3->v4:
* "get around to" comment [Michael]
* Put list_add under page lock [Michael]

v2->v3:
* Fixing wrong argument type (int->size_t) [Michael]
* Fixing a comment (it) [Michael]
* Reinstating the BUG_ON() when page is locked [Michael] 

v1->v2:
* Return number of pages in list enqueue/dequeue interfaces [Michael]
* Removed first two patches which were already merged

Nadav Amit (4):
  mm/balloon_compaction: List interfaces
  vmw_balloon: Compaction support
  vmw_balloon: Add memory shrinker
  vmw_balloon: Split refused pages

 drivers/misc/Kconfig               |   1 +
 drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c         | 489 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 include/linux/balloon_compaction.h |   4 +
 mm/balloon_compaction.c            | 144 ++++++---
 4 files changed, 553 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-)

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