This patch series implements two optimizations:
1) transfer pages in chuncks between the guest and host;
2) transfer the guest unused pages to the host so that they
can be skipped to migrate in live migration.
Changes:
v8->v9:
1) Split the two new features, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_BALLOON_CHUNKS and
VIRT
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 05:35:03PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> 2) transfer the guest unused pages to the host so that they
> can be skipped to migrate in live migration.
I don't understand this second bit. You leave the pages on the free list,
and tell the host they're free. What's preventing someb
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 01:44:11PM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 05:35:03PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> > 2) transfer the guest unused pages to the host so that they
> > can be skipped to migrate in live migration.
>
> I don't understand this second bit. You leave the pages
On 04/14/2017 09:50 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 01:44:11PM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 05:35:03PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
2) transfer the guest unused pages to the host so that they
can be skipped to migrate in live migration.
I don't understan
On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 10:28:32AM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> On 04/14/2017 09:50 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 01:44:11PM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 05:35:03PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> > > > 2) transfer the guest unused pages to the host so
On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 04:50:48AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 01:44:11PM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 05:35:03PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> > > 2) transfer the guest unused pages to the host so that they
> > > can be skipped to migrate in li
On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 02:47:40AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 04:50:48AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 01:44:11PM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 05:35:03PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> > > > 2) transfer the guest unu