Re: Serious issues with xenpaging

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>]

On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 06:34:55PM +0000, Russell Pavlicek wrote:
> On Twitter, Florian Heigl sent a out a few messages about issues with xenpaging:
> 
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> 19-Dec: Anyone successfully use #xen<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23xen&src=hash> #xenpaging<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23xenpaging&src=hash>? docs are at SLES manual, rest is mostly this: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/xen/devel/255798<http://t.co/P36VdL84Et> dead feature or usable?
> 
> 22-Dec: @lars_kurth<https://twitter.com/lars_kurth> @RCPavlicek<https://twitter.com/RCPavlicek> Hey guys, I wrote down as much as I could https://piratenpad.de/p/Ik3lOBLniq1L5TEM   <https://t.co/e5LQCUD9d0> (since I'm on holiday and not constant online)
> 
> 22-Dec: Yay, tested #xen<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23xen&src=hash> Xenpaging (memory overcommit)
> [x] largely untested
> [x] docs outdated
> [x] syntax+logic changed
> [x] broken
> ---
> 
> [I've taken the liberty of removing the colorful expletive from the final post]
> 
> Is Florian's assessment correct, or is there somewhere we can point him for help?  I'm on vacation this week, but if someone replies to me, I will try to forward the information appropriately.

The Maintainers file implies otherwise. Let me CC the maintainers.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Russ Pavlicek
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