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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/xen/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 76 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/xen/Kconfig b/drivers/xen/Kconfig index a59638b..8795480 100644 --- a/drivers/xen/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/xen/Kconfig @@ -9,6 +9,53 @@ config XEN_BALLOON the system to expand the domain's memory allocation, or alternatively return unneeded memory to the system. +config XEN_SELFBALLOONING + bool "Dynamically self-balloon kernel memory to target" + depends on XEN && XEN_BALLOON && CLEANCACHE && SWAP && XEN_TMEM + default n + help + Self-ballooning dynamically balloons available kernel memory driven + by the current usage of anonymous memory ("committed AS") and + controlled by various sysfs-settable parameters. Configuring + FRONTSWAP is highly recommended; if it is not configured, self- + ballooning is disabled by default but can be enabled with the + 'selfballooning' kernel boot parameter. If FRONTSWAP is configured, + frontswap-selfshrinking is enabled by default but can be disabled + with the 'noselfshrink' kernel boot parameter; and self-ballooning + is enabled by default but can be disabled with the 'noselfballooning' + kernel boot parameter. Note that systems without a sufficiently + large swap device should not enable self-ballooning. + +config XEN_BALLOON_MEMORY_HOTPLUG + bool "Memory hotplug support for Xen balloon driver" + default n + depends on XEN_BALLOON && MEMORY_HOTPLUG + help + Memory hotplug support for Xen balloon driver allows expanding memory + available for the system above limit declared at system startup. + It is very useful on critical systems which require long + run without rebooting. + + Memory could be hotplugged in following steps: + + 1) dom0: xl mem-max <domU> <maxmem> + where <maxmem> is >= requested memory size, + + 2) dom0: xl mem-set <domU> <memory> + where <memory> is requested memory size; alternatively memory + could be added by writing proper value to + /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/target or + /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/target_kb on dumU, + + 3) domU: for i in /sys/devices/system/memory/memory*/state; do \ + [ "`cat "$i"`" = offline ] && echo online > "$i"; done + + Memory could be onlined automatically on domU by adding following line to udev rules: + + SUBSYSTEM=="memory", ACTION=="add", RUN+="/bin/sh -c '[ -f /sys$devpath/state ] && echo online > /sys$devpath/state'" + + In that case step 3 should be omitted. + config XEN_SCRUB_PAGES bool "Scrub pages before returning them to system" depends on XEN_BALLOON @@ -90,19 +137,38 @@ config XEN_GRANT_DEV_ALLOC to other domains. This can be used to implement frontend drivers or as part of an inter-domain shared memory channel. -config XEN_PLATFORM_PCI - tristate "xen platform pci device driver" - depends on XEN_PVHVM && PCI - default m - help - Driver for the Xen PCI Platform device: it is responsible for - initializing xenbus and grant_table when running in a Xen HVM - domain. As a consequence this driver is required to run any Xen PV - frontend on Xen HVM. - config SWIOTLB_XEN def_bool y depends on PCI select SWIOTLB +config XEN_TMEM + bool + default y if (CLEANCACHE || FRONTSWAP) + help + Shim to interface in-kernel Transcendent Memory hooks + (e.g. cleancache and frontswap) to Xen tmem hypercalls. + +config XEN_PCIDEV_BACKEND + tristate "Xen PCI-device backend driver" + depends on PCI && X86 && XEN + depends on XEN_BACKEND + default m + help + The PCI device backend driver allows the kernel to export arbitrary + PCI devices to other guests. If you select this to be a module, you + will need to make sure no other driver has bound to the device(s) + you want to make visible to other guests. + + The parameter "passthrough" allows you specify how you want the PCI + devices to appear in the guest. You can choose the default (0) where + PCI topology starts at 00.00.0, or (1) for passthrough if you want + the PCI devices topology appear the same as in the host. + + The "hide" parameter (only applicable if backend driver is compiled + into the kernel) allows you to bind the PCI devices to this module + from the default device drivers. The argument is the list of PCI BDFs: + xen-pciback.hide=(03:00.0)(04:00.0) + + If in doubt, say m. endmenu |