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Re: [Xen-devel] memory_reservation bug?

To: "Mick.Jordan@xxxxxxx" <Mick.Jordan@xxxxxxx>, xen-devel-list <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] memory_reservation bug?
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:08:23 +0000
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On 11/03/2009 17:32, "Mick Jordan" <Mick.Jordan@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've looked at the code in memory.c and page_alloc.c and Xen certainly
> thinks tot_pages > max_pages for the domain when it reports the error.
> 
> The extent_order on the reservations is 0.
> 
> Any ideas?

Just because you called decrease_reservation() doesn't mean the pages
necessarily really got freed. If you still have mappings to them squirrelled
away then the free can be deferred.

 -- Keir



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