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Nadav Amit df8d0d42af vmw_balloon: change batch/single lock abstractions
The current abstractions for batch vs single operations seem suboptimal
and complicate the implementation of additional features (OOM,
compaction).

The immediate problem of the current abstractions is that they cause
differences in how operations are handled when batching is on or off.
For example, the refused_alloc counter is not updated when batching is
on. These discrepancies are caused by code redundancies.

Instead, this patch presents three type of operations, according to
whether batching is on or off: (1) add page, (2) communication with the
hypervisor and (3) retrieving the status of a page.

To avoid the overhead of virtual functions, and since we do not expect
additional interfaces for communication with the hypervisor, we use
static keys instead of virtual functions.

Finally, while we are at it, change vmballoon_init_batching() to return
int instead of bool, to be consistent in the return type and avoid
potential coding errors.

Reviewed-by: Xavier Deguillard <xdeguillard@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2018-09-25 20:11:42 +02:00
Documentation coresight: dts: binding: Update coresight binding examples 2018-09-25 20:09:19 +02:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add Linux-OpenIB license text 2018-04-27 16:41:53 -06:00
arch Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-09-15 08:02:46 -10:00
block blk-cgroup: increase number of supported policies 2018-09-11 10:59:53 -06:00
certs export.h: remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL() and VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR() 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
crypto DMAengine updates for v4.19-rc1 2018-08-18 15:55:59 -07:00
drivers vmw_balloon: change batch/single lock abstractions 2018-09-25 20:11:42 +02:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs fixes for four CIFS/SMB3 potential pointer overflow issues, one minor build fix, and a build warning cleanup 2018-09-14 19:33:42 -10:00
include coresight: Add support for CLAIM tag protocol 2018-09-25 20:09:19 +02:00
init Kbuild updates for v4.19 (2nd) 2018-08-25 13:40:38 -07:00
ipc ipc/shm: properly return EIDRM in shm_lock() 2018-09-04 16:45:02 -07:00
kernel Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-09-15 08:00:37 -10:00
lib lib/Kconfig.debug: fix three typos in help text 2018-09-04 16:45:02 -07:00
mm overlayfs fixes for 4.19-rc4 2018-09-13 19:21:40 -10:00
net tipc: check return value of __tipc_dump_start() 2018-09-12 13:15:04 -07:00
samples samples/bpf: all XDP samples should unload xdp/bpf prog on SIGTERM 2018-08-16 21:55:32 +02:00
scripts Kbuild fixes for v4.19 2018-09-09 05:42:11 -07:00
security Revert "x86/mm/legacy: Populate the user page-table with user pgd's" 2018-09-14 17:08:45 +02:00
sound ALSA: hda: Fix several mismatch for register mask and value 2018-09-03 23:47:40 +02:00
tools Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-09-15 06:44:32 -10:00
usr initramfs: move gen_initramfs_list.sh from scripts/ to usr/ 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
virt KVM: Remove obsolete kvm_unmap_hva notifier backend 2018-09-07 15:06:02 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: Set IndentWrappedFunctionNames false 2018-08-01 18:38:51 +02:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
.mailmap libnvdimm-for-4.19_misc 2018-08-25 18:13:10 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS 9p: remove Ron Minnich from MAINTAINERS 2018-08-17 16:20:26 -07:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig kconfig: move the "Executable file formats" menu to fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2018-08-02 08:06:55 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'locking-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-09-15 06:39:09 -10:00
Makefile Linux 4.19-rc4 2018-09-16 11:52:37 -07:00
README Docs: Added a pointer to the formatted docs to README 2018-03-21 09:02:53 -06:00

README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.