From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] increase initial memory reservation for
	stubdom based HVM domains
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:34:26 +0000
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On 15/01/2009 17:08, "Stefano Stabellini" <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
wrote:

> This fix is not as bad as it seems: I am only increasing the memory
> freed by the autoballoner when a stubdom based HVM domain is created, in
> order to also take into account the memory used by the stubdom.
> In facts 32MB is exactly the size currently needed by a stubdom, it can
> probably be reduced, but I preferred making one step at a time.
> The memory actually used to create the HVM domain is still the same as
> before.

Doesn't stubdom itself cause the auto-ballooner to be run? Could stubdom add
on the extra headroom of the guest its servicing when it requests
ballooning? I don't know whether that would be clearer/cleaner than your
current patch...

 -- Keir