linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen/balloon: add late_initcall

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Message-ID: <86df4640-b1b0-d3ee-119a-b6bf608f6d97@oracle.com>
Date:   Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:13:11 -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: add late_initcall_sync() for initial
 ballooning done


On 10/28/21 6:59 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> +
> +	while (current_credit())
> +		schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ / 10);


Should we be concerned that we may get stuck here forever if for some reason we can't balloon down everything?


-boris