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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] virtio-spec: Add documentation for recently added balloon features


On 11.05.20 14:38, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Fri, 08 May 2020 10:16:14 -0700
> Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> This patch set is meant to add documentation for balloon features that have
>> been recently added to the Linux kernel[1,2] and that we are currently
>> working on adding to QEMU[3].
>>
>> Changes since RFC:
>> Incorporated suggestions from Cornelia Huck
>> Fixed a few additional spelling errors
>>
>> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200211224416.29318.44077.stgit@localhost.localdomain/
>> [2]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b0c504f154718904ae49349147e3b7e6ae91ffdc
>> [3]: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-dev/202004/msg00180.html
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Alexander Duyck (3):
>>       content: Document balloon feature free page hints
>>       content: Document balloon feature page poison
>>       content: Document balloon feature free page reporting
>>
>>
>>  content.tex |  248 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 242 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> --
>>
> 
> I think this has moved a lot into the right direction; but the patches
> would really benefit from review by someone more familiar with the
> balloon than me.

On my list, will have a look this week.

Minor nit I spotted: Patch #2 should not document things (e.g., how
poisoning interacts with reported pages), before the free reporting
feature is actually introduced in patch #3.

BTW: Thanks Alex for tackling this!

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb



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