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authorPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2010-07-05 06:46:08 (GMT)
committerPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2010-07-05 06:46:08 (GMT)
commit285eba57db7bd7d7c3c5929fb8621fdcaaea1b00 (patch)
treea9e7f0563cef296b24c53b20dbb388ec5c210172 /drivers/misc/vmware_balloon.c
parent1c14e6cecb1811543b1016f27e5d308fbea8c08a (diff)
parent815c4163b6c8ebf8152f42b0a5fd015cfdcedc78 (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-285eba57db7bd7d7c3c5929fb8621fdcaaea1b00.tar.xz
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts: include/linux/serial_sci.h Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/misc/vmware_balloon.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/misc/vmware_balloon.c18
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmware_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmware_balloon.c
index db9cd02..2a1e804 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmware_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmware_balloon.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
MODULE_AUTHOR("VMware, Inc.");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VMware Memory Control (Balloon) Driver");
-MODULE_VERSION("1.2.1.0-K");
+MODULE_VERSION("1.2.1.1-k");
MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:svnVMware*:*");
MODULE_ALIAS("vmware_vmmemctl");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
/* Maximum number of page allocations without yielding processor */
#define VMW_BALLOON_YIELD_THRESHOLD 1024
+/* Maximum number of refused pages we accumulate during inflation cycle */
+#define VMW_BALLOON_MAX_REFUSED 16
/*
* Hypervisor communication port definitions.
@@ -183,6 +185,7 @@ struct vmballoon {
/* transient list of non-balloonable pages */
struct list_head refused_pages;
+ unsigned int n_refused_pages;
/* balloon size in pages */
unsigned int size;
@@ -428,14 +431,21 @@ static int vmballoon_reserve_page(struct vmballoon *b, bool can_sleep)
/* inform monitor */
locked = vmballoon_send_lock_page(b, page_to_pfn(page));
if (!locked) {
+ STATS_INC(b->stats.refused_alloc);
+
if (b->reset_required) {
__free_page(page);
return -EIO;
}
- /* place on list of non-balloonable pages, retry allocation */
+ /*
+ * Place page on the list of non-balloonable pages
+ * and retry allocation, unless we already accumulated
+ * too many of them, in which case take a breather.
+ */
list_add(&page->lru, &b->refused_pages);
- STATS_INC(b->stats.refused_alloc);
+ if (++b->n_refused_pages >= VMW_BALLOON_MAX_REFUSED)
+ return -EIO;
}
} while (!locked);
@@ -483,6 +493,8 @@ static void vmballoon_release_refused_pages(struct vmballoon *b)
__free_page(page);
STATS_INC(b->stats.refused_free);
}
+
+ b->n_refused_pages = 0;
}
/*