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[Xen-users] Re: [Xen-devel] Xen - Guest memory allocation
Thank you Derek,
I'm currently work on your idea and its cuming out as expected. Let me confirm, The domain builder inside dom0 calls populate_physmap(), allocates pages for domUs, and computes the following START_INFO_PAGE attributes pt_base, mfn_list and nr_pt_frames.
But the source says, all the above attributes are VIRTUAL ADDRESSES and on the contrary the book, 'The defenitive guide for XEN hypervisor' says they are pseudo-physical addresses.
I know these two are different. But I'm still not clear, Could you help me better understand the difference?
Dinesh C
> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:09:31 +0100 > From: Derek.Murray@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To: dinesh_chan8@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Re: [Xen-devel] Xen - Guest memory allocation > CC: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Hi Dinesh, > > The pages that are used for a DomU's memory are allocated when the > domain builder (in Dom0) calls xc_domain_populate_physmap(), which > executes a hypercall and ultimately calls populate_physmap() in > xen/common/memory.c. > > I'm not terribly familiar with this code, but it looks like it might > be possible to hack in a replacement to achieve your desired effect. > > Regards, > > Derek Murray. > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:52 PM, dinesh chandrasekaran > <dinesh_chan8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>> by default, dom0 gets all the available memory (usable physical memory- > >>> xen hypervisor). Then, when domU starts up, xen will decrease > >>> dom0'sallocation >> via ballooning and allocate them to domU. > > > > Yes weiming you are correct. But ballooning could be disabled. > > > >>>Do you want to specify the exact physical memory address space used by > >>> domU? > > > > Yes absolutly. Could that be done? (Hope by physical address you mean the > > real/machine/RAM address) > > If so should I have to edit xen source or Dom0 source. > > > > Thanks, > > Dinesh C > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:39:13 -0400 > > From: zephyr.zhao@xxxxxxxxx > > To: dinesh_chan8@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Re: [Xen-devel] Xen - Guest memory allocation > > CC: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > by default, dom0 gets all the available memory (usable physical memory - xen > > hypervisor). Then, when domU starts up, xen will decrease dom0's allocation > > via ballooning and allocate them to domU. > > > > Do you want to specify the exact physical memory address space used by domU? > > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 2:37 PM, dinesh chandrasekaran > > <dinesh_chan8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Yes, ofcourse dom0 can see this range. > > > > But all the domUs memory has to fall in this restricted memory range (as > > specified by mypci_usabe)? > > > > for example, > > If I start three virtual machines, say VM1, VM2, VM3 with 64MB memory each, > > how could I make sure that, the total 192MB for three VMs lie somewhere in > > mypci_usable range only and not anywhere else. > > > > Thanks, > > Dinesh C > > > > ________________________________ > > Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:37:17 -0400 > > From: zephyr.zhao@xxxxxxxxx > > To: dinesh_chan8@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Re: [Xen-devel] Xen - Guest memory allocation > > CC: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Can dom0 address the whole memory space if no other domU running? If so, it > > can freely allocate memory to other guests. > > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 3:34 PM, dinesh chandrasekaran > > <dinesh_chan8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Thanks Weiming, > > > > But did the same by editing the e820.c. That is, > > after xen boots up, if I type 'xm dmesg' I could find my output which is > > (000000000fff000000 - 00000000ffffffff (mypci_usable)). > > > > I couldn't find the exact place in xen source where the memory allocation > > for DomU guests are performed. > > > > Now how can I make XEN use the above (mypci_usable) memory range to allocate > > memory for all its DomU guests. > > > > Thanks in advance > > Dinesh C > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:12:49 -0400 > > From: zephyr.zhao@xxxxxxxxx > > To: dinesh_chan8@xxxxxxxxxxx > > CC: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [Xen-users] Re: [Xen-devel] Xen - Guest memory allocation > > > > I'm not very sure about your problem. Can the Hypervisor address the whole > > 5GB space? If yes, it can then allocate any of them to guests. > > > > Or you can modify the 'start info' passed to Guest OS. You can change the > > page_nr, a machine-PFN translation table to enable the guest to address the > > memory space that you want. It's weird. > > > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:57 PM, dinesh chandrasekaran > > <dinesh_chan8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > YES. > > > > But if I want to add memory of type E820_USABLE to xen memory map > > during boot up (as per xen/e820.c) where the memory to be added lies behind > > a PCI device? > > > > For ex, > > If a PCI device reports it has 1GB of memory behind it. > > And XEN has identified th RAM memory to be 4GB. > > > > How can the PCI - 1GB can be added as usable memory to XEN's memory pool to > > get a cumulative size of 5GB; > > > > thanks, > > Dinesh C > > > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Weiming wrote: > > > > AFAIK, In para virtualization, when guest boots, it reads the memorylayout > > from a special page (start info page) instead of from bios. > > If your guest os is a PV Linux, you can check its source code (e.g. > > start_kernel(), etc.) > > > > Thanks, > > Weiming > > > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:00 PM, dinesh chandrasekaran > > <dinesh_chan8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > CoolHotmail : Your crazy personality deserves a unique email identity like > > yourname@xxxxxxxxxxxx Choose from this and hundreds other unique email ids > > now Try it! > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-devel mailing list > > Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > CoolHotmail : Your crazy personality deserves a unique email identity like > > yourname@xxxxxxxxxxxx Choose from this and hundreds other unique email ids > > now Try it! > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-devel mailing list > > Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Skydrive - Get 5GB online space for FREE!. 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