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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5 | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/man/xl.pod.1 | 8 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5 b/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5 index c4072aa7e4..1229c8aedb 100644 --- a/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5 +++ b/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5 @@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ quickly and the amount of free memory (which C<xl info> can show) is stale the moment it is printed. When claim is enabled a reservation for the amount of memory (see 'memory' in xl.conf(5)) is set, which is then reduced as the domain's memory is populated and eventually reaches zero. +The free memory in C<xl info> is the combination of the hypervisor's +free heap memory minus the outstanding claims value. If the reservation cannot be meet the guest creation fails immediately instead of taking seconds/minutes (depending on the size of the guest) diff --git a/docs/man/xl.pod.1 b/docs/man/xl.pod.1 index 01ecc83433..57c6a79174 100644 --- a/docs/man/xl.pod.1 +++ b/docs/man/xl.pod.1 @@ -737,7 +737,8 @@ the feature bits returned by the cpuid command on x86 platforms. =item B<free_memory> -Available memory (in MB) not allocated to Xen, or any other domains. +Available memory (in MB) not allocated to Xen, or any other domains, or +claimed for domains. =item B<outstanding_claims> @@ -746,7 +747,10 @@ amount of pages is set and also a global value is incremented. This global value (outstanding_claims) is then reduced as the domain's memory is populated and eventually reaches zero. Most of the time the value will be zero, but if you are launching multiple guests, and B<claim_mode> is -enabled, this value can increase/decrease. +enabled, this value can increase/decrease. Note that the value also +affects the B<free_memory> - as it will reflect the free memory +in the hypervisor minus the outstanding pages claimed for guests. +See xl I<info> B<claims> parameter for detailed listing. =item B<xen_caps> |