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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 21:11:41 -0400 From: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com> To: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@...isiblethingslab.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen/balloon: fix cancelled balloon action On 10/5/21 9:34 AM, Juergen Gross wrote: > In case a ballooning action is cancelled the new kernel thread handling > the ballooning might end up in a busy loop. > > Fix that by handling the cancelled action gracefully. > > While at it introduce a short wait for the BP_WAIT case. > > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org > Fixes: 8480ed9c2bbd56 ("xen/balloon: use a kernel thread instead a workqueue") > Reported-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@...isiblethingslab.com> > Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com> Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
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