Re: [Xen-devel] xm create can't find /proc/xen/balloon

[Dulloor <dulloor@xxxxxxxxx>]

Have you mounted xenfs ?

-dulloor

On May 11, 2009, at 8:47 AM, Michael David Crawford <mdc@xxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:
> I have the latest git sources of xen, ioemu and linux.  I just now  
> did a "git pull" in each just to be sure.
> When I do an "xm create" I get:
>
>   Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/xen/balloon'
>
> Searching the list archives told me that this is most commonly  
> caused by not having enough memory available for the DomU, but I  
> have fixed that.
> I'm pretty sure the problem is that the paravirt_ops Linux kernel  
> puts its balloon in sysfs and not procfs.  So I applied Jeremy's  
> patch found here:
>  http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-11/msg00358.html
>
> ... then rebuilt and rebooted.  But I still get the message.
>
> However, that patch changes a file in xend's sources.
>
> Does xm need a similar patch - or should xm be looking at that same  
> python module in xend's directory?  I don't know the codebase well  
> enough to figure it out yet, though I'll be investigating while I  
> await your responses.
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Mike
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