From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (pdx-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.123]) by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CC20C5CFC1 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:30:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E88320896 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:30:00 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 4E88320896 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965827AbeFOL37 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2018 07:29:59 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:42594 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965641AbeFOL35 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2018 07:29:57 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.13]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4C93730832F4; Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:29:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (ovpn-120-46.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.120.46]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 3017A121A59; Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:29:49 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:29:43 +0300 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" To: Wei Wang Cc: virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, mhocko@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, pbonzini@redhat.com, liliang.opensource@gmail.com, yang.zhang.wz@gmail.com, quan.xu0@gmail.com, nilal@redhat.com, riel@redhat.com, peterx@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v33 0/4] Virtio-balloon: support free page reporting Message-ID: <20180615142610-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <1529037793-35521-1-git-send-email-wei.w.wang@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1529037793-35521-1-git-send-email-wei.w.wang@intel.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.13 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.44]); Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:29:57 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 12:43:09PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote: > - remove the cmd id related interface. Now host can just send a free > page hint command to the guest (via the host_cmd config register) > to start the reporting. Here we go again. And what if reporting was already started previously? I don't think it's a good idea to tweak the host/guest interface yet again. -- MST