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Xen 3.0 Virtualization Interface Guide
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A.7 Physical Memory Management

As mentioned previously, each domain has a maximum and current memory allocation. The maximum allocation, set at domain creation time, cannot be modified. However a domain can choose to reduce and subsequently grow its current allocation by using the following call:


memory_op(unsigned int op, void *arg)

Increase or decrease current memory allocation (as determined by the value of op). The available operations are:

XENMEM_increase_reservation
Request an increase in machine memory allocation; arg must point to a xen_memory_reservation structure.
XENMEM_decrease_reservation
Request a decrease in machine memory allocation; arg must point to a xen_memory_reservation structure.
XENMEM_maximum_ram_page
Request the frame number of the highest-addressed frame of machine memory in the system. arg must point to an unsigned long where this value will be stored.
XENMEM_current_reservation
Returns current memory reservation of the specified domain.
XENMEM_maximum_reservation
Returns maximum memory resrevation of the specified domain.

In addition to simply reducing or increasing the current memory allocation via a `balloon driver', this call is also useful for obtaining contiguous regions of machine memory when required (e.g. for certain PCI devices, or if using superpages).

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