{"id":13967,"date":"2013-01-05T22:11:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T22:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13967"},"modified":"2013-01-05T22:11:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T22:11:32","slug":"is-dynamic-memory-coming-to-linux-virtual-machines-on-hyper-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13967","title":{"rendered":"Is Dynamic Memory Coming To Linux Virtual Machines on Hyper-V?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It takes a lot to distract me from NFL playoff football, and this retweet by Didier Van Hoye<\/a> (MVP) accomplished that:<\/p>\n

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Oooh! Ballooning is the process that allows the Dynamic Memory Virtual Service Client (DMVSC) to remove unused memory from a running virtual machine.<\/p>\n

A bit more digging led to a site called Golem.de<\/a> that is written in German.  My German is very limited (mainly to asking for a beer and saying I have a hotel room served) so I ran the page through a translator<\/a>.  Here is it what it says about AArch64 in Linux Kernel 3.8 (code submissions recently ended):<\/p>\n

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Of Microsoft hyper+ V driver can deal in the future with Ballooning. That is to optimize the use of the main memory through under Linux virtualisierte Windows systems.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I kept Googling because one site is not enough to satisfy me on this.  And then I found something in Google Groups<\/a>.  It appears to be a conversation between one person and a Dr. K.Y. Srinivasan from the Server division in Microsoft<\/a>, dealing with Linux integration. <\/p>\n

Note: Zoominfo is a robot, and a pretty dumb one at that.  It thinks I work for Microsoft, which I do not and never have.<\/em><\/p>\n

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There\u2019s more mention of the balloon driver here<\/a>.  But here\u2019s another really interesting one on gossamer-threads.com<\/a> that offers some more evidence.  Once again, K.Y. Srinivasan is mentioned:<\/p>\n

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The balloon driver is mentioned, but there is a function to get committed memory in a VM.  That\u2019s important: how much memory is being used, versus how much is not.  How much pressure is there, and how much memory does the VM need?<\/p>\n

I am not<\/em> saying that Dynamic Memory is <\/em>coming to Hyper-V.  That has not<\/em> been announced.  But the evidence sure adds up that DM functionality is being added to the Linux Integration Services.  That will be great for Linux on Hyper-V, and that will be awesome for public clouds (hosting) and private clouds (large enterprise virtualisation).<\/p>\n

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