Tested it with the Trusty proposed kernel 3.13.0-75-generic, ballooning works as expected, no issues detected.
** Tags removed: verification-needed-trusty ** Tags added: verification-done-trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1294283 Title: Memory balloning in Hyper-V generation 2 does not work Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Vivid: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Wily: Fix Released Bug description: The generation 2 VM has been assinged a memory range of 512 MiB- 4096MiB with a starting memory of 512 MiB. It should get additional memory when needed, but the total available memory in the VM stays at the intial 512 MiB and the kernel starts swapping instead of allocating more memory from the host. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-18-generic 3.13.0-18.38 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-18.38-generic 3.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Tue Mar 18 19:28:54 2014 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=0d223c65-8c7e-41b4-95b3-05b22ff4679b InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-12 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140312) IwConfig: eth0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. Lspci: Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: unable to initialize libusb: -99 MachineType: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine ProcFB: 0 hyperv_fb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-18-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=61b52c1b-300d-4c30-8966-db1745f4a4bc ro video=hyperv_fb:1920x1080 quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-18-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-18-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.126 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/26/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Microsoft Corporation dmi.bios.version: Hyper-V UEFI Release v1.0 dmi.board.asset.tag: None dmi.board.name: Virtual Machine dmi.board.vendor: Microsoft Corporation dmi.board.version: Hyper-V UEFI Release v1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 6485-6574-9248-6162-4701-6267-50 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Microsoft Corporation dmi.chassis.version: Hyper-V UEFI Release v1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnMicrosoftCorporation:bvrHyper-VUEFIReleasev1.0:bd11/26/2012:svnMicrosoftCorporation:pnVirtualMachine:pvrHyper-VUEFIReleasev1.0:rvnMicrosoftCorporation:rnVirtualMachine:rvrHyper-VUEFIReleasev1.0:cvnMicrosoftCorporation:ct3:cvrHyper-VUEFIReleasev1.0: dmi.product.name: Virtual Machine dmi.product.version: Hyper-V UEFI Release v1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Microsoft Corporation --- ApportVersion: 2.14-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CurrentDesktop: XFCE DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2673d21f-4b48-43f1-9b06-8c141a492700 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-29 (9 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20140326) IwConfig: eth0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. Lspci: Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: unable to initialize libusb: -99 MachineType: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 hyperv_fb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-22-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=cccf5e59-012e-4ab5-a6ba-08850e60aba1 ro video=hyperv_fb:1920x1080 quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-22.44-generic 3.13.8 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-22-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-22-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127 RfKill: Tags: trusty Uname: Linux 3.13.0-22-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 11/26/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Microsoft Corporation dmi.bios.version: Hyper-V UEFI Release v1.0 dmi.board.asset.tag: None dmi.board.name: Virtual Machine dmi.board.vendor: Microsoft Corporation dmi.board.version: Hyper-V UEFI Release v1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 6485-6574-9248-6162-4701-6267-50 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Microsoft Corporation dmi.chassis.version: Hyper-V UEFI Release v1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnMicrosoftCorporation:bvrHyper-VUEFIReleasev1.0:bd11/26/2012:svnMicrosoftCorporation:pnVirtualMachine:pvrHyper-VUEFIReleasev1.0:rvnMicrosoftCorporation:rnVirtualMachine:rvrHyper-VUEFIReleasev1.0:cvnMicrosoftCorporation:ct3:cvrHyper-VUEFIReleasev1.0: dmi.product.name: Virtual Machine dmi.product.version: Hyper-V UEFI Release v1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Microsoft Corporation --- ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CurrentDesktop: XFCE DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2673d21f-4b48-43f1-9b06-8c141a492700 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-29 (12 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20140326) IwConfig: eth0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. Lspci: Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: unable to initialize libusb: -99 MachineType: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 hyperv_fb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-23-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=cccf5e59-012e-4ab5-a6ba-08850e60aba1 ro video=hyperv_fb:1920x1080 quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-23.45-generic 3.13.8 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-23-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-23-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127 RfKill: Tags: trusty Uname: Linux 3.13.0-23-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 11/26/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Microsoft Corporation dmi.bios.version: Hyper-V UEFI Release v1.0 dmi.board.asset.tag: None dmi.board.name: Virtual Machine dmi.board.vendor: Microsoft Corporation dmi.board.version: Hyper-V UEFI Release v1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 6485-6574-9248-6162-4701-6267-50 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Microsoft Corporation dmi.chassis.version: Hyper-V UEFI Release v1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnMicrosoftCorporation:bvrHyper-VUEFIReleasev1.0:bd11/26/2012:svnMicrosoftCorporation:pnVirtualMachine:pvrHyper-VUEFIReleasev1.0:rvnMicrosoftCorporation:rnVirtualMachine:rvrHyper-VUEFIReleasev1.0:cvnMicrosoftCorporation:ct3:cvrHyper-VUEFIReleasev1.0: dmi.product.name: Virtual Machine dmi.product.version: Hyper-V UEFI Release v1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Microsoft Corporation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1294283/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp