linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] Create debugfs file with hyper-v balloon usage information

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Message-ID: <20220713151927.e6w5gcb67ffh4zlx@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2>
Date:   Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:19:27 +0000
From:   Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
To:     "Michael Kelley (LINUX)" <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     Alexander Atanasov <alexander.atanasov@...tuozzo.com>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        "kernel@...nvz.org" <kernel@...nvz.org>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] Create debugfs file with hyper-v balloon usage
 information

On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 04:24:12PM +0000, Michael Kelley (LINUX) wrote:
> From: Alexander Atanasov <alexander.atanasov@...tuozzo.com> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2022 11:18 AM
> > 
> > Allow the guest to know how much it is ballooned by the host.
> > It is useful when debugging out of memory conditions.
> > 
> > When host gets back memory from the guest it is accounted
> > as used memory in the guest but the guest have no way to know
> > how much it is actually ballooned.
> > 
> > Expose current state, flags and max possible memory to the guest.
> > While at it - fix a 10+ years old typo.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alexander Atanasov <alexander.atanasov@...tuozzo.com>
> > ---
[...]
> 
> Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>

I added "Drivers: hv:" prefix to the subject line and applied it to
hyperv-next. Thanks.