From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>,
Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@arm.com>,
virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org,
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-api@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/6] virtio_balloon: transitional interface
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 12:49:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150401124539-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1427884468-23930-2-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com>
On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 12:35:45PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Virtio 1.0 doesn't include a modern balloon device.
> But it's not a big change to support a transitional
> balloon device: this has the advantage of supporting
> existing drivers, transparently.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> ---
> include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h | 11 ++++++++--
> drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
So all in all 32 LOC added, and 9 out of these
deal with endian-ness differences.
Seems like a small cost for guests to pay for a clean spec, no?
--
MST
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-04-01 10:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-04-01 12:57 [PATCH v3 0/6] virtio_balloon: virtio 1 support Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-04-01 10:35 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] virtio_balloon: transitional interface Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-04-01 10:49 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2015-04-01 11:52 ` Cornelia Huck
2015-04-01 13:01 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-04-01 10:35 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] virtio: balloon might not be a legacy device Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-04-01 11:57 ` Cornelia Huck
2015-04-01 10:35 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] virtio_ccw: support non-legacy balloon devices Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-04-01 10:40 ` [virtio-dev] " Christian Borntraeger
2015-04-01 11:55 ` Cornelia Huck
2015-04-14 1:09 ` Rusty Russell
2015-04-01 10:35 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] virtio_mmio: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-04-01 10:35 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] virtio_pci: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-04-01 10:36 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] virtio: drop virtio_device_is_legacy_only Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-04-01 12:04 ` Cornelia Huck
2015-04-12 15:02 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] virtio_balloon: virtio 1 support Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-04-14 1:12 ` Rusty Russell
2015-04-14 8:24 ` Cornelia Huck
2015-04-14 9:21 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-04-14 9:50 ` Cornelia Huck
2015-04-14 9:58 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-04-15 0:45 ` Rusty Russell
2015-04-15 15:32 ` Cornelia Huck
2015-04-15 15:45 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
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