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    xen: speed up grant-table reclaim · c04e9894
    Demi Marie Obenour authored
    When a grant entry is still in use by the remote domain, Linux must put
    it on a deferred list.  Normally, this list is very short, because
    the PV network and block protocols expect the backend to unmap the grant
    first.  However, Qubes OS's GUI protocol is subject to the constraints
    of the X Window System, and as such winds up with the frontend unmapping
    the window first.  As a result, the list can grow very large, resulting
    in a massive memory leak and eventual VM freeze.
    
    To partially solve this problem, make the number of entries that the VM
    will attempt to free at each iteration tunable.  The default is still
    10, but it can be overridden via a module parameter.
    
    This is Cc: stable because (when combined with appropriate userspace
    changes) it fixes a severe performance and stability problem for Qubes
    OS users.
    
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDemi Marie Obenour <demi@invisiblethingslab.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJuergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230726165354.1252-1-demi@invisiblethingslab.comSigned-off-by: default avatarJuergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
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