@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ static void balloon_page_enqueue_one(struct balloon_dev_info *b_dev_info,
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* @b_dev_info: balloon device descriptor where we will insert a new page to
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* @pages: pages to enqueue - allocated using balloon_page_alloc.
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*
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- * Driver must call it to properly enqueue a balloon pages before definitively
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- * removing it from the guest system.
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+ * Driver must call this function to properly enqueue balloon pages before
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+ * definitively removing them from the guest system.
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*
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* Return: number of pages that were enqueued.
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*/
@@ -63,12 +63,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(balloon_page_list_enqueue);
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* @n_req_pages: number of requested pages.
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*
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* Driver must call this function to properly de-allocate a previous enlisted
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- * balloon pages before definetively releasing it back to the guest system.
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+ * balloon pages before definitively releasing it back to the guest system.
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* This function tries to remove @n_req_pages from the ballooned pages and
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* return them to the caller in the @pages list.
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*
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- * Note that this function may fail to dequeue some pages temporarily empty due
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- * to compaction isolated pages.
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+ * Note that this function may fail to dequeue some pages even if the balloon
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+ * isn't empty - since the page list can be temporarily empty due to compaction
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+ * of isolated pages.
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*
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* Return: number of pages that were added to the @pages list.
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*/
@@ -112,12 +113,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(balloon_page_list_dequeue);
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/*
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* balloon_page_alloc - allocates a new page for insertion into the balloon
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- * page list.
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+ * page list.
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*
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- * Driver must call it to properly allocate a new enlisted balloon page.
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- * Driver must call balloon_page_enqueue before definitively removing it from
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- * the guest system. This function returns the page address for the recently
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- * allocated page or NULL in the case we fail to allocate a new page this turn.
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+ * Driver must call this function to properly allocate a new balloon page.
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+ * Driver must call balloon_page_enqueue before definitively removing the page
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+ * from the guest system.
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+ *
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+ * Return: struct page for the allocated page or NULL on allocation failure.
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*/
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struct page * balloon_page_alloc (void )
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{
@@ -130,19 +132,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(balloon_page_alloc);
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/*
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* balloon_page_enqueue - inserts a new page into the balloon page list.
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*
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- * @b_dev_info: balloon device descriptor where we will insert a new page to
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+ * @b_dev_info: balloon device descriptor where we will insert a new page
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* @page: new page to enqueue - allocated using balloon_page_alloc.
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*
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- * Driver must call it to properly enqueue a new allocated balloon page
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- * before definitively removing it from the guest system.
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+ * Drivers must call this function to properly enqueue a new allocated balloon
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+ * page before definitively removing the page from the guest system.
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*
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- * Drivers must not call balloon_page_enqueue on pages that have been
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- * pushed to a list with balloon_page_push before removing them with
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- * balloon_page_pop. To all pages on a list, use balloon_page_list_enqueue
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- * instead.
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- *
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- * This function returns the page address for the recently enqueued page or
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- * NULL in the case we fail to allocate a new page this turn.
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+ * Drivers must not call balloon_page_enqueue on pages that have been pushed to
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+ * a list with balloon_page_push before removing them with balloon_page_pop. To
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+ * enqueue a list of pages, use balloon_page_list_enqueue instead.
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*/
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void balloon_page_enqueue (struct balloon_dev_info * b_dev_info ,
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struct page * page )
@@ -157,14 +155,23 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(balloon_page_enqueue);
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/*
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* balloon_page_dequeue - removes a page from balloon's page list and returns
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- * the its address to allow the driver release the page.
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+ * its address to allow the driver to release the page.
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* @b_dev_info: balloon device decriptor where we will grab a page from.
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*
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- * Driver must call it to properly de-allocate a previous enlisted balloon page
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- * before definetively releasing it back to the guest system.
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- * This function returns the page address for the recently dequeued page or
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- * NULL in the case we find balloon's page list temporarily empty due to
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- * compaction isolated pages.
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+ * Driver must call this function to properly dequeue a previously enqueued page
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+ * before definitively releasing it back to the guest system.
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+ *
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+ * Caller must perform its own accounting to ensure that this
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+ * function is called only if some pages are actually enqueued.
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+ *
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+ * Note that this function may fail to dequeue some pages even if there are
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+ * some enqueued pages - since the page list can be temporarily empty due to
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+ * the compaction of isolated pages.
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+ *
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+ * TODO: remove the caller accounting requirements, and allow caller to wait
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+ * until all pages can be dequeued.
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+ *
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+ * Return: struct page for the dequeued page, or NULL if no page was dequeued.
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*/
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struct page * balloon_page_dequeue (struct balloon_dev_info * b_dev_info )
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{
@@ -177,9 +184,9 @@ struct page *balloon_page_dequeue(struct balloon_dev_info *b_dev_info)
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if (n_pages != 1 ) {
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/*
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* If we are unable to dequeue a balloon page because the page
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- * list is empty and there is no isolated pages, then something
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+ * list is empty and there are no isolated pages, then something
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* went out of track and some balloon pages are lost.
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- * BUG() here, otherwise the balloon driver may get stuck into
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+ * BUG() here, otherwise the balloon driver may get stuck in
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* an infinite loop while attempting to release all its pages.
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*/
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spin_lock_irqsave (& b_dev_info -> pages_lock , flags );
@@ -230,8 +237,8 @@ int balloon_page_migrate(struct address_space *mapping,
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/*
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* We can not easily support the no copy case here so ignore it as it
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- * is unlikely to be use with ballon pages. See include/linux/hmm.h for
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- * user of the MIGRATE_SYNC_NO_COPY mode.
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+ * is unlikely to be used with balloon pages. See include/linux/hmm.h
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+ * for a user of the MIGRATE_SYNC_NO_COPY mode.
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*/
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if (mode == MIGRATE_SYNC_NO_COPY )
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return - EINVAL ;
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