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Subject: [PATCH v3 20/24] mm: rename balloon_compaction.(c|h) to balloon.(c|h)
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:01:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260119230133.3551867-21-david@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260119230133.3551867-1-david@kernel.org>
Even without CONFIG_BALLOON_COMPACTION this infrastructure implements
basic list and page management for a memory balloon.
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst | 2 +-
MAINTAINERS | 4 ++--
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/cmm.c | 2 +-
drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 2 +-
drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 2 +-
include/linux/{balloon_compaction.h => balloon.h} | 11 +++++------
mm/Makefile | 2 +-
mm/{balloon_compaction.c => balloon.c} | 7 +++----
8 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
rename include/linux/{balloon_compaction.h => balloon.h} (92%)
rename mm/{balloon_compaction.c => balloon.c} (98%)
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst
index 68193a4cfcf52..aabdd3cba58e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst
@@ -130,5 +130,5 @@ More Memory Management Functions
.. kernel-doc:: mm/vmscan.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/memory_hotplug.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/mmu_notifier.c
-.. kernel-doc:: mm/balloon_compaction.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/balloon.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/huge_memory.c
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 0d044a58cbfe0..de8f89ca1149f 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -27536,9 +27536,9 @@ M: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
L: virtualization@lists.linux.dev
S: Maintained
F: drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
-F: include/linux/balloon_compaction.h
+F: include/linux/balloon.h
F: include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
-F: mm/balloon_compaction.c
+F: mm/balloon.c
VIRTIO BLOCK AND SCSI DRIVERS
M: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/cmm.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/cmm.c
index 7fd8b3d7e7637..7a3c4922685ab 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/cmm.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/cmm.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
#include <linux/stringify.h>
#include <linux/swap.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/balloon_compaction.h>
+#include <linux/balloon.h>
#include <asm/firmware.h>
#include <asm/hvcall.h>
#include <asm/mmu.h>
diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
index 53e9335b6718c..7fd3f709108c2 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
#include <linux/rwsem.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <linux/balloon_compaction.h>
+#include <linux/balloon.h>
#include <linux/vmw_vmci_defs.h>
#include <linux/vmw_vmci_api.h>
#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 6ae00de78b61b..de8041c3285a1 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/balloon_compaction.h>
+#include <linux/balloon.h>
#include <linux/oom.h>
#include <linux/wait.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/balloon_compaction.h b/include/linux/balloon.h
similarity index 92%
rename from include/linux/balloon_compaction.h
rename to include/linux/balloon.h
index 7757e0e314fdb..82585542300d6 100644
--- a/include/linux/balloon_compaction.h
+++ b/include/linux/balloon.h
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
/*
- * include/linux/balloon_compaction.h
- *
- * Common interface definitions for making balloon pages movable by compaction.
+ * Common interface for implementing a memory balloon, including support
+ * for migration of pages inflated in a memory balloon.
*
* Balloon page migration makes use of the general "movable_ops page migration"
* feature.
@@ -35,8 +34,8 @@
*
* Copyright (C) 2012, Red Hat, Inc. Rafael Aquini <aquini@redhat.com>
*/
-#ifndef _LINUX_BALLOON_COMPACTION_H
-#define _LINUX_BALLOON_COMPACTION_H
+#ifndef _LINUX_BALLOON_H
+#define _LINUX_BALLOON_H
#include <linux/pagemap.h>
#include <linux/page-flags.h>
#include <linux/migrate.h>
@@ -75,4 +74,4 @@ static inline void balloon_devinfo_init(struct balloon_dev_info *balloon)
balloon->migratepage = NULL;
balloon->adjust_managed_page_count = false;
}
-#endif /* _LINUX_BALLOON_COMPACTION_H */
+#endif /* _LINUX_BALLOON_H */
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index 9175f8cc65658..1e31e0a528dc1 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CMA) += cma.o
obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA) += numa.o
obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA_MEMBLKS) += numa_memblks.o
obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA_EMU) += numa_emulation.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MEMORY_BALLOON) += balloon_compaction.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MEMORY_BALLOON) += balloon.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION) += page_ext.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK) += page_table_check.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CMA_DEBUGFS) += cma_debug.o
diff --git a/mm/balloon_compaction.c b/mm/balloon.c
similarity index 98%
rename from mm/balloon_compaction.c
rename to mm/balloon.c
index bed30c6c1a487..25e2a1e71eba9 100644
--- a/mm/balloon_compaction.c
+++ b/mm/balloon.c
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
- * mm/balloon_compaction.c
- *
- * Common interface for making balloon pages movable by compaction.
+ * Common interface for implementing a memory balloon, including support
+ * for migration of pages inflated in a memory balloon.
*
* Copyright (C) 2012, Red Hat, Inc. Rafael Aquini <aquini@redhat.com>
*/
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
-#include <linux/balloon_compaction.h>
+#include <linux/balloon.h>
/*
* Lock protecting the balloon_dev_info of all devices. We don't really
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-19 23:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-19 23:01 [PATCH v3 00/24] mm: balloon infrastructure cleanups David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 01/24] vmw_balloon: adjust BALLOON_DEFLATE when deflating while migrating David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 02/24] vmw_balloon: remove vmballoon_compaction_init() David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 03/24] powerpc/pseries/cmm: remove cmm_balloon_compaction_init() David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 04/24] mm/balloon_compaction: improve comments for WARN_ON_ONCE(!b_dev_info) David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 05/24] mm/balloon_compaction: centralize basic page migration handling David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 06/24] mm/balloon_compaction: centralize adjust_managed_page_count() handling David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 07/24] vmw_balloon: stop using the balloon_dev_info lock David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 08/24] mm/balloon_compaction: use a device-independent balloon (list) lock David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 09/24] mm/balloon_compaction: remove dependency on page lock David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 10/24] mm/balloon_compaction: make balloon_mops static David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 11/24] mm/balloon_compaction: drop fs.h include from balloon_compaction.h David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 12/24] drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon: stop using balloon_page_push/pop() David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 13/24] mm/balloon_compaction: remove balloon_page_push/pop() David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 14/24] mm/balloon_compaction: fold balloon_mapping_gfp_mask() into balloon_page_alloc() David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 15/24] mm/balloon_compaction: move internal helpers to balloon_compaction.c David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-20 6:43 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 16/24] mm/balloon_compaction: assert that the balloon_pages_lock is held David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 17/24] mm/balloon_compaction: mark remaining functions for having proper kerneldoc David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 18/24] mm/balloon_compaction: remove "extern" from functions David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 19/24] mm/vmscan: drop inclusion of balloon_compaction.h David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) [this message]
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 21/24] mm/kconfig: make BALLOON_COMPACTION depend on MIGRATION David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 22/24] mm: rename CONFIG_BALLOON_COMPACTION to CONFIG_BALLOON_MIGRATION David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 23/24] mm: rename CONFIG_MEMORY_BALLOON -> CONFIG_BALLOON David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 24/24] MAINTAINERS: move memory balloon infrastructure to "MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON" David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:27 ` [PATCH v3 00/24] mm: balloon infrastructure cleanups Andrew Morton
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