Thread (65 messages) 65 messages, 7 authors, 2026-01-19

Re: [PATCH v2 22/23] mm: rename CONFIG_MEMORY_BALLOON -> CONFIG_BALLOON

From: Lorenzo Stoakes <hidden>
Date: 2026-01-15 13:56:07
Also in: linux-doc, linux-mm, lkml, virtualization

On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 10:20:12AM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) wrote:
Let's make it consistent with the naming of the files but also with the
naming of CONFIG_BALLOON_MIGRATION.

While at it, add a "/* CONFIG_BALLOON */".
Probably not relevant but cheap for me to share :) so grepped for
'memory_balloon' and saw:

include/uapi/linux/virtio_ids.h
44:#define VIRTIO_ID_MEMORY_BALLOON	13 /* virtio memory balloon */

This maybe relevant (I guess this isn't actually used anywhere?) though
interesting there is also VIRTIO_ID_BALLOON... hmm :)

The below doesn't look relevant at all.

drivers/virt/vboxguest/vmmdev.h
326:#define VMMDEV_MEMORY_BALLOON_CHUNK_SIZE             (1048576)
327:#define VMMDEV_MEMORY_BALLOON_CHUNK_PAGES            (1048576 / 4096)
355:	u64 phys_page[VMMDEV_MEMORY_BALLOON_CHUNK_PAGES];

drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.c
278:	pages = kmalloc_array(VMMDEV_MEMORY_BALLOON_CHUNK_PAGES,
286:	req->pages = VMMDEV_MEMORY_BALLOON_CHUNK_PAGES;
288:	for (i = 0; i < VMMDEV_MEMORY_BALLOON_CHUNK_PAGES; i++) {
333:	req->pages = VMMDEV_MEMORY_BALLOON_CHUNK_PAGES;
335:	for (i = 0; i < VMMDEV_MEMORY_BALLOON_CHUNK_PAGES; i++)
344:	for (i = 0; i < VMMDEV_MEMORY_BALLOON_CHUNK_PAGES; i++)
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
Otherwise LGTM, so:

Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <redacted>
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig | 2 +-
 drivers/misc/Kconfig                   | 2 +-
 drivers/virtio/Kconfig                 | 2 +-
 include/linux/vm_event_item.h          | 4 ++--
 mm/Kconfig                             | 4 ++--
 mm/Makefile                            | 2 +-
 mm/vmstat.c                            | 4 ++--
 7 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
index 3e042218d6cd8..f7052b131a4c5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ config PPC_SMLPAR
 config CMM
 	tristate "Collaborative memory management"
 	depends on PPC_SMLPAR
-	select MEMORY_BALLOON
+	select BALLOON
 	default y
 	help
 	  Select this option, if you want to enable the kernel interface
diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
index d7d41b054b982..5cc79d1517af5 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ config DS1682
 config VMWARE_BALLOON
 	tristate "VMware Balloon Driver"
 	depends on VMWARE_VMCI && X86 && HYPERVISOR_GUEST
-	select MEMORY_BALLOON
+	select BALLOON
 	help
 	  This is VMware physical memory management driver which acts
 	  like a "balloon" that can be inflated to reclaim physical pages
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
index 6db5235a7693d..ce5bc0d9ea287 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ config VIRTIO_PMEM
 config VIRTIO_BALLOON
 	tristate "Virtio balloon driver"
 	depends on VIRTIO
-	select MEMORY_BALLOON
+	select BALLOON
 	select PAGE_REPORTING
 	help
 	 This driver supports increasing and decreasing the amount
diff --git a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
index fca34d3473b6b..22a139f82d75f 100644
--- a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
+++ b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ enum vm_event_item { PGPGIN, PGPGOUT, PSWPIN, PSWPOUT,
 		THP_SWPOUT,
 		THP_SWPOUT_FALLBACK,
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_BALLOON
+#ifdef CONFIG_BALLOON
 		BALLOON_INFLATE,
 		BALLOON_DEFLATE,
 #ifdef CONFIG_BALLOON_MIGRATION
 		BALLOON_MIGRATE,
 #endif /* CONFIG_BALLOON_MIGRATION */
-#endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_BALLOON */
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
 		NR_TLB_REMOTE_FLUSH,	/* cpu tried to flush others' tlbs */
 		NR_TLB_REMOTE_FLUSH_RECEIVED,/* cpu received ipi for flush */
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 460a148d5b71a..8e23af521605e 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ config SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCKS

 #
 # support for memory balloon
-config MEMORY_BALLOON
+config BALLOON
 	bool

 #
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ config MEMORY_BALLOON
 config BALLOON_MIGRATION
 	bool "Allow for balloon memory migration"
 	default y
-	depends on MIGRATION && MEMORY_BALLOON
+	depends on MIGRATION && BALLOON
 	help
 	  Allow for migration of pages inflated in a memory balloon such that
 	  they can be allocated from memory areas only available for movable
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index 1e31e0a528dc1..0d85b10dbdde4 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-$(CONFIG_MEMORY_BALLOON) += balloon.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_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/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index e96a344ab5974..0f64c898f79f8 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1419,13 +1419,13 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 	[I(THP_SWPOUT)]				= "thp_swpout",
 	[I(THP_SWPOUT_FALLBACK)]		= "thp_swpout_fallback",
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_BALLOON
+#ifdef CONFIG_BALLOON
 	[I(BALLOON_INFLATE)]			= "balloon_inflate",
 	[I(BALLOON_DEFLATE)]			= "balloon_deflate",
 #ifdef CONFIG_BALLOON_MIGRATION
 	[I(BALLOON_MIGRATE)]			= "balloon_migrate",
 #endif /* CONFIG_BALLOON_MIGRATION */
-#endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_BALLOON */
+#endif /* CONFIG_BALLOON */
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
 	[I(NR_TLB_REMOTE_FLUSH)]		= "nr_tlb_remote_flush",
 	[I(NR_TLB_REMOTE_FLUSH_RECEIVED)]	= "nr_tlb_remote_flush_received",
--
2.52.0
  
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