Clarify use of xm mem-set and xm vcpu-set in xm.1 manpage
PATCH 1/1 Clarify use of xm mem-set and xm vcpu-set in xm.1 manpage
'xm mem-set' and 'xm vcpu-set' require cooperation of the domain. This patch just clarifies the xm.1 manpage to make it clear that the commands won't work on a purely fullvirt domain.
Rich.
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docs/man/xm.pod.1 +10 -3
@@ -254,9 +254,12 @@ domain, as it may balloon down its memor =item B<mem-set> I<domain-id> I<mem> -Set the domain's used memory using the balloon driver. Because this -operation requires cooperation from the domain operating system, there -is no guarantee that it will succeed. +Set the domain's used memory using the balloon driver. + +Because this operation requires cooperation from the domain operating +system, there is no guarantee that it will succeed. This command will +definitely not work unless the domain has the required paravirt +driver. B<Warning:> There is no good way to know in advance how small of a mem-set will make a domain unstable and cause it to crash. Be very
@@ -391,6 +394,10 @@ Attempting to set the VCPUs to a number Attempting to set the VCPUs to a number larger than the initially configured VCPU count is an error. Trying to set VCPUs to < 1 will be quietly ignored. + +Because this operation requires cooperation from the domain operating +system, there is no guarantee that it will succeed. This command will +not work with a full virt domain. =item B<vcpu-list> [I<domain-id>]
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