[PATCH v3 8/9] VMware balloon: Treat init like reset

From: Philip P. Moltmann
Date: Fri Jun 12 2015 - 14:45:47 EST


Unify the behavior of the first start of the balloon and a reset. Also on
unload, declare that the balloon driver does not have any capabilities
anymore.

Acked-by: Andy King <acking@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xavier Deguillard <xdeguillard@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++------------------------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
index cbaf329..cc4953d 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@

MODULE_AUTHOR("VMware, Inc.");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VMware Memory Control (Balloon) Driver");
-MODULE_VERSION("1.4.0.0-k");
+MODULE_VERSION("1.4.1.0-k");
MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:svnVMware*:*");
MODULE_ALIAS("vmware_vmmemctl");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
@@ -563,12 +563,14 @@ static void vmballoon_pop(struct vmballoon *b)
}
}

- if ((b->capabilities & VMW_BALLOON_BATCHED_CMDS) != 0) {
- if (b->batch_page)
- vunmap(b->batch_page);
+ if (b->batch_page) {
+ vunmap(b->batch_page);
+ b->batch_page = NULL;
+ }

- if (b->page)
- __free_page(b->page);
+ if (b->page) {
+ __free_page(b->page);
+ b->page = NULL;
}
}

@@ -1043,7 +1045,7 @@ static void vmballoon_work(struct work_struct *work)
if (b->slow_allocation_cycles > 0)
b->slow_allocation_cycles--;

- if (vmballoon_send_get_target(b, &target)) {
+ if (!b->reset_required && vmballoon_send_get_target(b, &target)) {
/* update target, adjust size */
b->target = target;

@@ -1075,8 +1077,10 @@ static int vmballoon_debug_show(struct seq_file *f, void *offset)
/* format capabilities info */
seq_printf(f,
"balloon capabilities: %#4x\n"
- "used capabilities: %#4lx\n",
- VMW_BALLOON_CAPABILITIES, b->capabilities);
+ "used capabilities: %#4lx\n"
+ "is resetting: %c\n",
+ VMW_BALLOON_CAPABILITIES, b->capabilities,
+ b->reset_required ? 'y' : 'n');

/* format size info */
seq_printf(f,
@@ -1195,35 +1199,14 @@ static int __init vmballoon_init(void)

INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&balloon.dwork, vmballoon_work);

- /*
- * Start balloon.
- */
- if (!vmballoon_send_start(&balloon, VMW_BALLOON_CAPABILITIES)) {
- pr_err("failed to send start command to the host\n");
- return -EIO;
- }
-
- if ((balloon.capabilities & VMW_BALLOON_BATCHED_CMDS) != 0) {
- balloon.ops = &vmballoon_batched_ops;
- balloon.batch_max_pages = VMW_BALLOON_BATCH_MAX_PAGES;
- if (!vmballoon_init_batching(&balloon)) {
- pr_err("failed to init batching\n");
- return -EIO;
- }
- } else if ((balloon.capabilities & VMW_BALLOON_BASIC_CMDS) != 0) {
- balloon.ops = &vmballoon_basic_ops;
- balloon.batch_max_pages = 1;
- }
-
- if (!vmballoon_send_guest_id(&balloon)) {
- pr_err("failed to send guest ID to the host\n");
- return -EIO;
- }
-
error = vmballoon_debugfs_init(&balloon);
if (error)
return error;

+ balloon.batch_page = NULL;
+ balloon.page = NULL;
+ balloon.reset_required = true;
+
queue_delayed_work(system_freezable_wq, &balloon.dwork, 0);

return 0;
@@ -1241,7 +1224,7 @@ static void __exit vmballoon_exit(void)
* Reset connection before deallocating memory to avoid potential for
* additional spurious resets from guest touching deallocated pages.
*/
- vmballoon_send_start(&balloon, VMW_BALLOON_CAPABILITIES);
+ vmballoon_send_start(&balloon, 0);
vmballoon_pop(&balloon);
}
module_exit(vmballoon_exit);
--
2.4.3

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