tree 44d9118eed1819c65cc55b238bf9392c90f3d2ee
parent f21e95ee97d5adb4a274b48c6c8f70a221c1f513
author Yangming <yangming73@huawei.com> 1678348377 +0000
committer Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> 1682065552 -0400

virtio-balloon: optimize the virtio-balloon on the ARM platform

Optimize the virtio-balloon feature on the ARM platform by adding
a variable to keep track of the current hot-plugged pc-dimm size,
instead of traversing the virtual machine's memory modules to count
the current RAM size during the balloon inflation or deflation
process. This variable can be updated only when plugging or unplugging
the device, which will result in an increase of approximately 60%
efficiency of balloon process on the ARM platform.

We tested the total amount of time required for the balloon inflation process on ARM:
inflate the balloon to 64GB of a 128GB guest under stress.
Before: 102 seconds
After: 42 seconds

Signed-off-by: Qi Xi <xiqi2@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Ming Yang yangming73@huawei.com
Message-Id: <e13bc78f96774bfab4576814c293aa52@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>