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Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 0/7] Extend virtio-balloon for fast (de)inflating & fast live migration

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On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 11:29:25AM +0000, Li, Liang Z wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 10:25:21AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > > On 10/20/2016 11:24 PM, Liang Li wrote:
> > > > Dave Hansen suggested a new scheme to encode the data structure,
> > > > because of additional complexity, it's not implemented in v3.
> > >
> > > So, what do you want done with this patch set?  Do you want it applied
> > > as-is so that we can introduce a new host/guest ABI that we must
> > > support until the end of time?  Then, we go back in a year or two and
> > > add the newer format that addresses the deficiencies that this ABI has
> > > with a third version?
> > >
> > 
> > Exactly my questions.
> 
> Hi Dave & Michael,
> 
> In the V2, both of you thought that the memory I allocated for the bitmap is too large, and gave some
>  suggestions about the solution, so I changed the implementation and used  scattered pages for the bitmap
> instead of a large physical continued memory. I didn't get the comments about the changes, so I am not 
> sure whether that is OK or not, that's the why I resend the V3, I just want your opinions about that part. 
> 
> I will implement the new schema as Dave suggested in V4. Before that, could you take a look at this version and
> give some comments? 
> 
> Thanks!
> Liang

Sure, I'll try to review just that part.

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[RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 0/7] Extend virtio-balloon for fast (de)inflating & fast live migration Liang Li <liang.z.li@intel.com> - 2016-10-21 08:40 +0200
  [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 4/7] virtio-balloon: speed up inflate/deflate process Liang Li <liang.z.li@intel.com> - 2016-10-21 08:40 +0200
    Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 4/7] virtio-balloon: speed up  inflate/deflate process "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> - 2016-10-25 08:40 +0200
      RE: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 4/7] virtio-balloon: speed up  inflate/deflate process "Li, Liang Z" <liang.z.li@intel.com> - 2016-10-25 11:50 +0200
  [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 2/7] virtio-balloon: define new feature bit and page bitmap head Liang Li <liang.z.li@intel.com> - 2016-10-21 08:40 +0200
    Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 2/7] virtio-balloon: define new feature  bit and page bitmap head Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> - 2016-10-24 19:00 +0200
      RE: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 2/7] virtio-balloon: define new feature  bit and page bitmap head "Li, Liang Z" <liang.z.li@intel.com> - 2016-10-25 03:30 +0200
    Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 2/7] virtio-balloon: define new feature  bit and page bitmap head "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> - 2016-10-26 17:50 +0200
  [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 1/7] virtio-balloon: rework deflate to add page to a list Liang Li <liang.z.li@intel.com> - 2016-10-21 08:40 +0200
    Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 1/7] virtio-balloon: rework deflate to  add page to a list Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> - 2016-10-24 18:50 +0200
      RE: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 1/7] virtio-balloon: rework deflate to  add page to a list "Li, Liang Z" <liang.z.li@intel.com> - 2016-10-25 03:20 +0200
  Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 0/7] Extend virtio-balloon for fast  (de)inflating & fast live migration Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> - 2016-10-21 19:30 +0200
    Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 0/7] Extend virtio-balloon for fast  (de)inflating & fast live migration "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> - 2016-10-21 21:50 +0200
      RE: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 0/7] Extend virtio-balloon for fast  (de)inflating & fast live migration "Li, Liang Z" <liang.z.li@intel.com> - 2016-10-23 13:30 +0200
        Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 0/7] Extend virtio-balloon for fast  (de)inflating & fast live migration "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> - 2016-10-25 06:00 +0200
    RE: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 0/7] Extend virtio-balloon for fast  (de)inflating & fast live migration "Li, Liang Z" <liang.z.li@intel.com> - 2016-10-26 12:10 +0200
      RE: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 0/7] Extend virtio-balloon for fast  (de)inflating & fast live migration "Li, Liang Z" <liang.z.li@intel.com> - 2016-10-26 12:20 +0200
        Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 0/7] Extend virtio-balloon for fast  (de)inflating & fast live migration Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> - 2016-10-26 20:20 +0200
          RE: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 0/7] Extend virtio-balloon for fast  (de)inflating & fast live migration "Li, Liang Z" <liang.z.li@intel.com> - 2016-10-27 02:40 +0200
      Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 0/7] Extend virtio-balloon for fast  (de)inflating & fast live migration Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> - 2016-10-26 20:20 +0200
        RE: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 0/7] Extend virtio-balloon for fast  (de)inflating & fast live migration "Li, Liang Z" <liang.z.li@intel.com> - 2016-10-27 03:00 +0200

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