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Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:26:03 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Alexander Atanasov <alexander.atanasov@virtuozzo.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v5 6/8] drivers: vmware: balloon - report inflated
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On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 12:56:18PM +0300, Alexander Atanasov wrote:
> Update the inflated memory in the mm core on change.

That says what this does, but not why it is needed.

Please expand on this.

Also, is this actually fixing a bug?  Is it a new feature?  Something
else?

thanks,

greg k-h