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| author |   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-09-14 13:01:06 -1000 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-09-14 13:01:06 -1000 |
| commit | d7c0268090e23f3517c7b7555d3f4f9d73580f96 (patch) | |
| tree | 4155224410495be015174712832c16e67843ffe4 /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge tag 'xtensa-20180914' of git://github.com/jcmvbkbc/linux-xtensa (diff) | |
| parent | xen/gntdev: fix up blockable calls to mn_invl_range_start (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'for-linus-4.19c-rc4-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip
Pull xen fixes from Juergen Gross:
"This contains some minor cleanups and fixes:
- a new knob for controlling scrubbing of pages returned by the Xen
balloon driver to the Xen hypervisor to address a boot performance
issue seen in large guests booted pre-ballooned
- a fix of a regression in the gntdev driver which made it impossible
to use fully virtualized guests (HVM guests) with a 4.19 based dom0
- a fix in Xen cpu hotplug functionality which could be triggered by
wrong admin commands (setting number of active vcpus to 0)
One further note: the patches have all been under test for several
days in another branch. This branch has been rebased in order to avoid
merge conflicts"
* tag 'for-linus-4.19c-rc4-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip:
xen/gntdev: fix up blockable calls to mn_invl_range_start
xen: fix GCC warning and remove duplicate EVTCHN_ROW/EVTCHN_COL usage
xen: avoid crash in disable_hotplug_cpu
xen/balloon: add runtime control for scrubbing ballooned out pages
xen/manage: don't complain about an empty value in control/sysrq node
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory index caa311d59ac1..6d83f95a8a8e 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory @@ -75,3 +75,12 @@ Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Description: Amount (in KiB) of low (or normal) memory in the balloon. + +What: /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages +Date: September 2018 +KernelVersion: 4.20 +Contact: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org +Description: + Control scrubbing pages before returning them to Xen for others domains + use. Can be set with xen_scrub_pages cmdline + parameter. Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 64a3bf54b974..92eb1f42240d 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -5000,6 +5000,12 @@ Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers. + xen_scrub_pages= [XEN] + Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back + to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime + with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages. + Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT. + xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] Format: <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] |