[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC][PATCH] Basic support for page offline

[Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, 

At 04:29 -0500 on 10 Feb (1234240157), Jiang, Yunhong wrote:
> For Xen part, the reason is because the currently heap allocator is
> based on buddy system, while the offlined page may be in the middle of
> the buddy, so we have to split the original buddy into several smaller
> one.

Right, I see.  It still seems like a lot of code but as I said I haven't
worked through the detail.

>  And do you mean I need turn to Keir for the heap allocator
> changes?

Well, Keir will have to ack/nack the patches eventually. :) But I'm
happy to have ago at them first.

Tim.

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Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Principal Software Engineer, Citrix Systems (R&D) Ltd.
[Company #02300071, SL9 0DZ, UK.]

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