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[2620:137:e000::1:20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id e19-20020a056402089300b00458cbb6b6easi12548417edy.167.2022.10.19.04.09.10; Wed, 19 Oct 2022 04:09:37 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) client-ip=2620:137:e000::1:20; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.s=korg header.b=tFloPUaE; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234696AbiJSK5L (ORCPT + 99 others); Wed, 19 Oct 2022 06:57:11 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:49832 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232696AbiJSK4V (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2022 06:56:21 -0400 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4601:e00::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 21860165534 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2022 03:27:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CC014B82266 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:26:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 383B5C433C1; Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:26:06 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1666175166; bh=q3wB9AHPfSgAsJujP8BvTKO/CDtsqsSvPvYepL4KvFU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=tFloPUaEbs3jjuWbZCy6GywUaf6ebxA37OI5iV/zqKHsRoMYwrtSPmntvPPm1n0/O /7GBR8WKKXICD7vGH/YhwldrljCdyb1RPkhzELxlQYpQSP9XeW+SUdehU+NWKy89ey ed5FxBIlvFm8TPH94+9ymnGOQ7yIKmu46Wd0FAEQ= Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:26:03 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Alexander Atanasov Cc: Nadav Amit , VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers , Arnd Bergmann , kernel@openvz.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v5 6/8] drivers: vmware: balloon - report inflated memory Message-ID: References: <20221019095620.124909-1-alexander.atanasov@virtuozzo.com> <20221019095620.124909-7-alexander.atanasov@virtuozzo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20221019095620.124909-7-alexander.atanasov@virtuozzo.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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