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    virtio_balloon: do not change memory amount visible via /proc/meminfo · 997e1208
    Denis V. Lunev authored
    Balloon device is frequently used as a mean of cooperative memory control
    in between guest and host to manage memory overcommitment. This is the
    typical case for any hosting workload when KVM guest is provided for
    end-user.
    
    Though there is a problem in this setup. The end-user and hosting provider
    have signed SLA agreement in which some amount of memory is guaranted for
    the guest. The good thing is that this memory will be given to the guest
    when the guest will really need it (f.e. with OOM in guest and with
    VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_DEFLATE_ON_OOM configuration flag set). The bad thing
    is that end-user does not know this.
    
    Balloon by default reduce the amount of memory exposed to the end-user
    each time when the page is stolen from guest or returned back by using
    adjust_managed_page_count and thus /proc/meminfo shows reduced amount
    of memory.
    
    Fortunately the solution is simple, we should just avoid to call
    adjust_managed_page_count with VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_DEFLATE_ON_OOM set.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDenis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
    CC: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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