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Dave Hansen bf50e69f63 virtio balloon: kill tell-host-first logic 
The virtio balloon driver has a VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_MUST_TELL_HOST
feature bit.  Whenever the bit is set, the guest kernel must
always tell the host before we free pages back to the allocator.
Without this feature, we might free a page (and have another
user touch it) while the hypervisor is unprepared for it.

But, if the bit is _not_ set, we are under no obligation to
reverse the order; we're under no obligation to do _anything_.
As of now, qemu-kvm defines the bit, but doesn't set it.

This patch makes the "tell host first" logic the only case.  This
should make everybody happy, and reduce the amount of untested or
untestable code in the kernel.

This _also_ means that we don't have to preserve a pfn list
after the pages are freed, which should let us get rid of some
temporary storage (vb->pfns) eventually.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2011-05-30 11:14:13 +09:30
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accessibility
acpi Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 2011-05-29 11:19:16 -07:00
amba ARM: 6829/1: amba: make hardcoded periphid override hardware 2011-05-26 10:33:34 +01:00
ata Merge branch 'for-2.6.40/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-05-25 09:14:07 -07:00
atm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2011-05-20 13:43:21 -07:00
auxdisplay
base mm: per-node vmstat: show proper vmstats 2011-05-25 08:39:07 -07:00
bcma drivers/bcma/host_pci.c needs slab.h 2011-05-26 17:12:32 -07:00
block drivers, block: virtio_blk: Replace cryptic number with the macro 2011-05-30 11:14:13 +09:30
bluetooth Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6 2011-05-24 13:28:35 -07:00
cdrom Merge commit 'v2.6.39' into for-2.6.40/core 2011-05-20 20:33:15 +02:00
char virtio console: don't manually set or finalize VIRTIO_CONSOLE_F_MULTIPORT. 2011-05-30 11:14:13 +09:30
clk
clocksource Merge branch 'sh-latest' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6 2011-05-23 21:24:07 -07:00
connector
cpufreq cpufreq: make DB8500 cpufreq driver compile 2011-05-24 22:20:14 +02:00
cpuidle Merge branch 'idle-release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-idle-2.6 2011-05-29 11:18:09 -07:00
crypto [S390] ap: skip device registration on type probe failure 2011-05-23 10:24:29 +02:00
dca
dio
dma Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/async_tx 2011-05-28 12:35:15 -07:00
edac edac,rcu: use synchronize_rcu() instead of call_rcu()+rcu_barrier() 2011-05-26 17:12:37 -07:00
eisa
firewire
firmware Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-05-23 09:12:26 -07:00
gpio arm gpio drivers: make them 'depends on ARM' 2011-05-29 14:06:42 -07:00
gpu vmscan: change shrinker API by passing shrink_control struct 2011-05-25 08:39:26 -07:00
hid Merge branch 'usb-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6 2011-05-23 12:33:02 -07:00
hwmon hwmon: (coretemp) Fix section mismatch 2011-05-27 02:24:54 -07:00
hwspinlock
i2c mfd: Use mfd cell platform_data for timberdale cells platform bits 2011-05-26 19:45:05 +02:00
ide Merge branch 'for-2.6.40/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-05-25 09:14:07 -07:00
idle
ieee802154
infiniband Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband 2011-05-26 12:13:57 -07:00
input input: Add support for Qualcomm PMIC8XXX power key 2011-05-26 19:45:54 +02:00
isdn Merge branch 'trivial' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6 2011-05-26 13:19:00 -07:00
leds leds: Add ASIC3 LED support 2011-05-26 19:45:46 +02:00
lguest
macintosh Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-05-23 09:12:26 -07:00
mca
md dm kcopyd: return client directly and not through a pointer 2011-05-29 13:03:13 +01:00
media Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6 2011-05-27 10:14:22 -07:00
memstick
message Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-05-23 09:12:26 -07:00
mfd mfd: Fix build breakage caused by tps65910 gpio directory move 2011-05-28 08:38:55 +02:00
misc kgdbts: unify/generalize gdb breakpoint adjustment 2011-05-26 17:12:36 -07:00
mmc Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm 2011-05-27 19:51:32 -07:00
mtd Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6 2011-05-27 20:06:53 -07:00
net Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6 2011-05-27 20:06:53 -07:00
nfc
nubus
of Merge branch 'devicetree/arm-next' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6 into devel-stable 2011-05-25 00:08:17 +01:00
oprofile oprofile: Use linux/mutex.h 2011-05-24 12:45:59 +02:00
parisc
parport Merge branch 'trivial' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6 2011-05-26 13:19:00 -07:00
pci Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 2011-05-29 11:19:16 -07:00
pcmcia
platform Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mjg59/platform-drivers-x86 2011-05-29 11:44:33 -07:00
pnp
power Merge git://git.infradead.org/battery-2.6 2011-05-27 10:12:35 -07:00
pps
ps3
ptp ptp: Added a clock driver for the National Semiconductor PHYTER. 2011-05-23 13:10:23 -07:00
rapidio rapidio: fix default routing initialization 2011-05-18 02:55:22 -07:00
regulator regulator: Fix _regulator_get_voltage if get_voltage callback is NULL 2011-05-27 10:49:30 +01:00
rtc drivers/rtc/rtc-mxc.c: remove defines already included in rtc.h 2011-05-26 17:12:33 -07:00
s390 [S390] irq: merge irq.c and s390_ext.c 2011-05-26 09:48:24 +02:00
sbus
scsi scsi: fix scsi_proc new kernel-doc warning 2011-05-28 23:12:11 -07:00
sfi
sh Merge branch 'sh/genirq-threading' into sh-latest 2011-05-23 11:36:14 +09:00
sn
spi spi/spi_bfin_sport: new driver for a SPI bus via the Blackfin SPORT peripheral 2011-05-27 01:23:54 -06:00
ssb Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2011-05-20 13:43:21 -07:00
staging Merge branch 'trivial' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6 2011-05-26 13:19:00 -07:00
target [SCSI] target: Convert TASK_ATTR to scsi_tcq.h definitions 2011-05-24 13:03:56 -04:00
tc
telephony
thermal
tty Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm 2011-05-27 19:51:32 -07:00
uio
usb Merge branch 'for-usb-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sarah/xhci 2011-05-28 12:36:15 -07:00
uwb
vhost
video drivers/video/mb862xx/mb862xxfbdrv.c needs uaccess.h 2011-05-26 17:12:32 -07:00
virtio virtio balloon: kill tell-host-first logic 2011-05-30 11:14:13 +09:30
vlynq
w1 w1: add Maxim/Dallas DS2780 Stand-Alone Fuel Gauge IC support 2011-05-26 17:12:38 -07:00
watchdog mfd: Use mfd cell platform_data for rdc321x cells platform bits 2011-05-26 19:45:06 +02:00
xen Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djm/tmem 2011-05-26 10:50:56 -07:00
zorro
Kconfig ptp: Added a brand new class driver for ptp clocks. 2011-05-23 13:01:00 -07:00
Makefile Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/async_tx 2011-05-28 12:35:15 -07:00