示例#1
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def bootloader(blexec,
               disk,
               dom,
               quiet=False,
               blargs='',
               kernel='',
               ramdisk='',
               kernel_args=''):
    """Run the boot loader executable on the given disk and return a
    config image.
    @param blexec  Binary to use as the boot loader
    @param disk Disk to run the boot loader on.
    @param dom DomainInfo representing the domain being booted.
    @param quiet Run in non-interactive mode, just booting the default.
    @param blargs Arguments to pass to the bootloader."""

    if not os.access(blexec, os.X_OK):
        msg = "Bootloader isn't executable"
        log.error(msg)
        raise VmError(msg)
    if not os.access(disk, os.R_OK):
        msg = "Disk isn't accessible"
        log.error(msg)
        raise VmError(msg)

    mkdir.parents("/var/run/xend/boot/", stat.S_IRWXU)

    while True:
        fifo = "/var/run/xend/boot/xenbl.%s" % (random.randint(0, 32000), )
        try:
            os.mkfifo(fifo, 0600)
        except OSError, e:
            if (e.errno != errno.EEXIST):
                raise
        break
示例#2
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def bootloader(blexec,
               disk,
               dom,
               quiet=False,
               blargs='',
               kernel='',
               ramdisk='',
               kernel_args=''):
    """Run the boot loader executable on the given disk and return a
    config image.
    @param blexec  Binary to use as the boot loader
    @param disk Disk to run the boot loader on.
    @param dom DomainInfo representing the domain being booted.
    @param quiet Run in non-interactive mode, just booting the default.
    @param blargs Arguments to pass to the bootloader."""

    if not os.access(blexec, os.X_OK):
        msg = "Bootloader isn't executable"
        log.error(msg)
        raise VmError(msg)

    # domUloader requires '--entry=foo' in blargs, which is derived from
    # 'bootargs' entry in domain configuration file.  Ensure it exists
    # here so a reasonable error message can be returned.
    if blexec.find('domUloader.py') != -1:
        if blargs.find('entry') == -1:
            msg = "domUloader requires specification of bootargs"
            log.error(msg)
            raise VmError(msg)

    avail = False
    for i in xrange(1, 500):
        avail = os.access(disk, os.R_OK)
        if avail:
            break
        time.sleep(.1)

    if not avail:
        msg = "Disk '%s' isn't accessible" % disk
        log.error(msg)
        raise VmError(msg)

    if os.uname()[0] == "NetBSD" and disk.startswith('/dev/'):
        disk = "/r".join(disk.rsplit("/", 1))

    mkdir.parents("/var/run/xend/boot/", stat.S_IRWXU)

    while True:
        fifo = "/var/run/xend/boot/xenbl.%s" % (random.randint(0, 32000), )
        try:
            os.mkfifo(fifo, 0600)
        except OSError, e:
            if (e.errno != errno.EEXIST):
                raise
        break
示例#3
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def get_dom0_target_alloc():
    """Returns the target memory allocation (in KiB) of dom0."""

    kb = _get_proc_balloon(labels['target'])
    if kb == None:
        raise VmError('Failed to query target memory allocation of dom0.')
    return kb
示例#4
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def get_dom0_current_alloc():
    """Returns the current memory allocation (in KiB) of dom0."""

    kb = _get_proc_balloon('current')
    if kb == None:
        raise VmError('Failed to query current memory allocation of dom0.')
    return kb
示例#5
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 def increase_memory(self, value):
     if not self.is_enabled():
         return  
     else:
         self.reserve_memory += value
         if self.reserve_memory > self.default_reserved_memory:
             raise VmError(('the maxsize of memory pool is %d KiB, but current is %d KiB') %(value,self.reserve_memory))
         log.debug("MemoryPool: increase_memory:%d, reserved_memory %d KiB" %(value,self.reserve_memory))
     return
示例#6
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 def decrease_untouched_memory(self, value):
     if not self.is_enabled():
         return 
     elif self.untouched_memory < value: 
         raise VmError(('I need %d  KiB untouch mem, but only have %d KiB untouched mem in Memory Pool') %(value,self.reserve_memory))
     else:
         self.untouched_memory -= value
         log.debug("MemoryPool: decrease_untouched_memory: untouched_memory %d KiB" %self.untouched_memory)
     return
示例#7
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def bootloader(blexec, disk, quiet = 0, vcpus = None, entry = None):
    """Run the boot loader executable on the given disk and return a
    config image.
    @param blexec  Binary to use as the boot loader
    @param disk Disk to run the boot loader on.
    @param quiet Run in non-interactive mode, just booting the default.
    @param vcpus Number of vcpus for the domain.
    @param entry Default entry to boot."""
    
    if not os.access(blexec, os.X_OK):
        msg = "Bootloader isn't executable"
        log.error(msg)
        raise VmError(msg)
    if not os.access(disk, os.R_OK):
        msg = "Disk isn't accessible"
        log.error(msg)
        raise VmError(msg)

    while True:
        fifo = "/var/lib/xen/xenbl.%s" %(random.randint(0, 32000),)
        if not os.path.exists(fifo):
            break
    os.mkfifo(fifo, 0600)

    child = os.fork()
    if (not child):
        args = [ blexec ]
        if quiet:
            args.append("-q")
        args.append("--output=%s" %(fifo,))
        if entry is not None:
            args.append("--entry=%s" %(entry,))
        args.append(disk)

        try:
            os.execvp(args[0], args)
        except OSError, e:
            print e
            pass
        os._exit(1)
示例#8
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def free(need_mem):
    """Balloon out memory from the privileged domain so that there is the
    specified required amount (in KiB) free.
    """

    # We check whether there is enough free memory, and if not, instruct dom0
    # to balloon out to free some up.  Memory freed by a destroyed domain may
    # not appear in the free_memory field immediately, because it needs to be
    # scrubbed before it can be released to the free list, which is done
    # asynchronously by Xen; ballooning is asynchronous also.  Such memory
    # does, however, need to be accounted for when calculating how much dom0
    # needs to balloon.  No matter where we expect the free memory to come
    # from, we need to wait for it to become available.
    #
    # We are not allowed to balloon below dom0_min_mem, or if dom0_min_mem
    # is 0, we cannot balloon at all.  Memory can still become available
    # through a rebooting domain, however.
    #
    # Eventually, we time out (presumably because there really isn't enough
    # free memory).
    #
    # We don't want to set the memory target (triggering a watch) when that
    # has already been done, but we do want to respond to changing memory
    # usage, so we recheck the required alloc each time around the loop, but
    # track the last used value so that we don't trigger too many watches.

    xoptions = XendOptions.instance()
    dom0 = XendDomain.instance().privilegedDomain()
    xc = xen.lowlevel.xc.xc()
    dom0_start_alloc_mb = get_dom0_current_alloc() / 1024

    try:
        dom0_min_mem = xoptions.get_dom0_min_mem() * 1024
        dom0_alloc = get_dom0_current_alloc()

        retries = 0
        sleep_time = SLEEP_TIME_GROWTH
        new_alloc = 0
        last_new_alloc = None
        last_free = None
        rlimit = RETRY_LIMIT

        # If unreasonable memory size is required, we give up waiting
        # for ballooning or scrubbing, as if had retried.
        physinfo = xc.physinfo()
        free_mem = physinfo['free_memory']
        scrub_mem = physinfo['scrub_memory']
        total_mem = physinfo['total_memory']
        if dom0_min_mem > 0:
            max_free_mem = total_mem - dom0_min_mem
        else:
            max_free_mem = total_mem - dom0_alloc
        if need_mem >= max_free_mem:
            retries = rlimit

        while retries < rlimit:
            physinfo = xc.physinfo()
            free_mem = physinfo['free_memory']
            scrub_mem = physinfo['scrub_memory']

            if free_mem >= need_mem:
                log.debug("Balloon: %d KiB free; need %d; done.", free_mem,
                          need_mem)
                return

            if retries == 0:
                rlimit += (
                    (need_mem - free_mem) / 1024 / 1024) * RETRY_LIMIT_INCR
                log.debug(
                    "Balloon: %d KiB free; %d to scrub; need %d; retries: %d.",
                    free_mem, scrub_mem, need_mem, rlimit)

            if dom0_min_mem > 0:
                dom0_alloc = get_dom0_current_alloc()
                new_alloc = dom0_alloc - (need_mem - free_mem - scrub_mem)

                if free_mem + scrub_mem >= need_mem:
                    if last_new_alloc == None:
                        log.debug("Balloon: waiting on scrubbing")
                        last_new_alloc = dom0_alloc
                else:
                    if (new_alloc >= dom0_min_mem
                            and new_alloc != last_new_alloc):
                        new_alloc_mb = new_alloc / 1024  # Round down
                        log.debug("Balloon: setting dom0 target to %d MiB.",
                                  new_alloc_mb)
                        dom0.setMemoryTarget(new_alloc_mb)
                        last_new_alloc = new_alloc
                # Continue to retry, waiting for ballooning or scrubbing.

            time.sleep(sleep_time)
            if retries < 2 * RETRY_LIMIT:
                sleep_time += SLEEP_TIME_GROWTH
            if last_free != None and last_free >= free_mem + scrub_mem:
                retries += 1
            last_free = free_mem + scrub_mem

        # Not enough memory; diagnose the problem.
        if dom0_min_mem == 0:
            raise VmError(('Not enough free memory and dom0_min_mem is 0, so '
                           'I cannot release any more.  I need %d KiB but '
                           'only have %d.') % (need_mem, free_mem))
        elif new_alloc < dom0_min_mem:
            raise VmError(
                ('I need %d KiB, but dom0_min_mem is %d and shrinking to '
                 '%d KiB would leave only %d KiB free.') %
                (need_mem, dom0_min_mem, dom0_min_mem,
                 free_mem + scrub_mem + dom0_alloc - dom0_min_mem))
        else:
            dom0.setMemoryTarget(dom0_start_alloc_mb)
            raise VmError(('Not enough memory is available, and dom0 cannot'
                           ' be shrunk any further'))

    finally:
        del xc
示例#9
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def free(need_mem, dominfo):
    """Balloon out memory from the privileged domain so that there is the
    specified required amount (in KiB) free.
    """

    # We check whether there is enough free memory, and if not, instruct dom0
    # to balloon out to free some up.  Memory freed by a destroyed domain may
    # not appear in the free_memory field immediately, because it needs to be
    # scrubbed before it can be released to the free list, which is done
    # asynchronously by Xen; ballooning is asynchronous also.  Such memory
    # does, however, need to be accounted for when calculating how much dom0
    # needs to balloon.  No matter where we expect the free memory to come
    # from, we need to wait for it to become available.
    #
    # We are not allowed to balloon below dom0_min_mem, or if dom0_ballooning
    # is False, we cannot balloon at all.  Memory can still become available
    # through a rebooting domain, however.
    #
    # Eventually, we time out (presumably because there really isn't enough
    # free memory).
    #
    # We don't want to set the memory target (triggering a watch) when that
    # has already been done, but we do want to respond to changing memory
    # usage, so we recheck the required alloc each time around the loop, but
    # track the last used value so that we don't trigger too many watches.

    xoptions = XendOptions.instance()
    dom0 = XendDomain.instance().privilegedDomain()
    xc = xen.lowlevel.xc.xc()
    memory_pool = MemoryPool.instance()
    try:
        dom0_min_mem = xoptions.get_dom0_min_mem() * 1024
        dom0_ballooning = xoptions.get_enable_dom0_ballooning()
        guest_size = 0
        hvm = dominfo.info.is_hvm()
        if memory_pool.is_enabled() and dominfo.domid:
            if not hvm:
                if need_mem <= 4 * 1024:
                    guest_size = 32
                else:
                    guest_size = dominfo.image.getBitSize()
            if guest_size == 32:
                dom0_ballooning = 0
        else:  #no ballooning as memory pool enabled
            dom0_ballooning = xoptions.get_enable_dom0_ballooning()
        dom0_alloc = get_dom0_current_alloc()

        retries = 0
        sleep_time = SLEEP_TIME_GROWTH
        new_alloc = 0
        last_new_alloc = None
        last_free = None
        rlimit = RETRY_LIMIT
        mem_need_balloon = 0
        left_memory_pool = 0
        mem_target = 0
        untouched_memory_pool = 0
        real_need_mem = need_mem

        # stop tmem from absorbing any more memory (must THAW when done!)
        xc.tmem_control(0, TMEMC_FREEZE, -1, 0, 0, 0, "")

        # If unreasonable memory size is required, we give up waiting
        # for ballooning or scrubbing, as if had retried.
        physinfo = xc.physinfo()
        free_mem = physinfo['free_memory']
        scrub_mem = physinfo['scrub_memory']
        total_mem = physinfo['total_memory']
        if memory_pool.is_enabled() and dominfo.domid:
            if guest_size != 32 or hvm:
                if need_mem > 4 * 1024:
                    dominfo.alloc_mem = need_mem
                left_memory_pool = memory_pool.get_left_memory()
                if need_mem > left_memory_pool:
                    dominfo.alloc_mem = 0
                    raise VmError(
                        ('Not enough free memory'
                         ' so I cannot release any more.  '
                         'I need %d KiB but only have %d in the pool.') %
                        (need_mem, memory_pool.get_left_memory()))
                else:
                    untouched_memory_pool = memory_pool.get_untouched_memory()
                    if (left_memory_pool - untouched_memory_pool) > need_mem:
                        dom0_ballooning = 0
                    else:
                        mem_need_balloon = need_mem - left_memory_pool + untouched_memory_pool
                        need_mem = free_mem + scrub_mem + mem_need_balloon

        if dom0_ballooning:
            max_free_mem = total_mem - dom0_min_mem
        else:
            max_free_mem = total_mem - dom0_alloc
        if need_mem >= max_free_mem:
            retries = rlimit

        freeable_mem = free_mem + scrub_mem
        if freeable_mem < need_mem and need_mem < max_free_mem:
            # flush memory from tmem to scrub_mem and reobtain physinfo
            need_tmem_kb = need_mem - freeable_mem
            tmem_kb = xc.tmem_control(0, TMEMC_FLUSH, -1, need_tmem_kb, 0, 0,
                                      "")
            log.debug("Balloon: tmem relinquished %d KiB of %d KiB requested.",
                      tmem_kb, need_tmem_kb)
            physinfo = xc.physinfo()
            free_mem = physinfo['free_memory']
            scrub_mem = physinfo['scrub_memory']

        while retries < rlimit:
            physinfo = xc.physinfo()
            free_mem = physinfo['free_memory']
            scrub_mem = physinfo['scrub_memory']
            if free_mem >= need_mem:
                if (guest_size != 32 or hvm) and dominfo.domid:
                    memory_pool.decrease_untouched_memory(mem_need_balloon)
                    memory_pool.decrease_memory(real_need_mem)
                else:
                    log.debug("Balloon: %d KiB free; need %d; done.", free_mem,
                              need_mem)
                return

            if retries == 0:
                rlimit += (
                    (need_mem - free_mem) / 1024 / 1024) * RETRY_LIMIT_INCR
                log.debug(
                    "Balloon: %d KiB free; %d to scrub; need %d; retries: %d.",
                    free_mem, scrub_mem, need_mem, rlimit)

            if dom0_ballooning:
                dom0_alloc = get_dom0_current_alloc()
                new_alloc = dom0_alloc - (need_mem - free_mem - scrub_mem)
                if free_mem + scrub_mem >= need_mem:
                    if last_new_alloc == None:
                        log.debug("Balloon: waiting on scrubbing")
                        last_new_alloc = dom0_alloc
                else:
                    if (new_alloc >= dom0_min_mem
                            and new_alloc != last_new_alloc):
                        new_alloc_mb = new_alloc / 1024  # Round down
                        log.debug("Balloon: setting dom0 target to %d MiB.",
                                  new_alloc_mb)
                        dom0.setMemoryTarget(new_alloc_mb)
                        last_new_alloc = new_alloc
                # Continue to retry, waiting for ballooning or scrubbing.

            time.sleep(sleep_time)
            if retries < 2 * RETRY_LIMIT:
                sleep_time += SLEEP_TIME_GROWTH
            if last_free != None and last_free >= free_mem + scrub_mem:
                retries += 1
            last_free = free_mem + scrub_mem

        # Not enough memory; diagnose the problem.
        if not dom0_ballooning:
            dominfo.alloc_mem = 0
            raise VmError(
                ('Not enough free memory and enable-dom0-ballooning '
                 'is False, so I cannot release any more.  '
                 'I need %d KiB but only have %d.') % (need_mem, free_mem))
        elif new_alloc < dom0_min_mem:
            dominfo.alloc_mem = 0
            raise VmError(
                ('I need %d KiB, but dom0_min_mem is %d and shrinking to '
                 '%d KiB would leave only %d KiB free.') %
                (need_mem, dom0_min_mem, dom0_min_mem,
                 free_mem + scrub_mem + dom0_alloc - dom0_min_mem))
        else:
            dom0_start_alloc_mb = get_dom0_current_alloc() / 1024
            dom0.setMemoryTarget(dom0_start_alloc_mb)
            dominfo.alloc_mem = 0
            raise VmError(('Not enough memory is available, and dom0 cannot'
                           ' be shrunk any further'))

    finally:
        # allow tmem to accept pages again
        xc.tmem_control(0, TMEMC_THAW, -1, 0, 0, 0, "")
        del xc
示例#10
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def free(required):
    """Balloon out memory from the privileged domain so that there is the
    specified required amount (in KiB) free.
    """

    # We check whether there is enough free memory, and if not, instruct dom0
    # to balloon out to free some up.  Memory freed by a destroyed domain may
    # not appear in the free_memory field immediately, because it needs to be
    # scrubbed before it can be released to the free list, which is done
    # asynchronously by Xen; ballooning is asynchronous also.  No matter where
    # we expect the free memory to come from, therefore, we need to wait for
    # it to become available.
    #
    # We are not allowed to balloon below dom0_min_mem, or if dom0_min_mem
    # is 0, we cannot balloon at all.  Memory can still become available
    # through a rebooting domain, however.
    #
    # Eventually, we time out (presumably because there really isn't enough
    # free memory).
    #
    # We don't want to set the memory target (triggering a watch) when that
    # has already been done, but we do want to respond to changing memory
    # usage, so we recheck the required alloc each time around the loop, but
    # track the last used value so that we don't trigger too many watches.

    need_mem = (required + 1023) / 1024 + BALLOON_OUT_SLACK

    xroot = XendRoot.instance()
    xc = xen.lowlevel.xc.xc()

    try:
        dom0_min_mem = xroot.get_dom0_min_mem()

        retries = 0
        sleep_time = SLEEP_TIME_GROWTH
        last_new_alloc = None
        while retries < RETRY_LIMIT:
            free_mem = xc.physinfo()['free_memory']

            if free_mem >= need_mem:
                log.debug("Balloon: free %d; need %d; done.", free_mem,
                          need_mem)
                return

            if retries == 0:
                log.debug("Balloon: free %d; need %d.", free_mem, need_mem)

            if dom0_min_mem > 0:
                dom0_alloc = get_dom0_current_alloc()
                new_alloc = dom0_alloc - (need_mem - free_mem)

                if (new_alloc >= dom0_min_mem and new_alloc != last_new_alloc):
                    log.debug("Balloon: setting dom0 target to %d.", new_alloc)
                    dom0 = XendDomain.instance().privilegedDomain()
                    dom0.setMemoryTarget(new_alloc)
                    last_new_alloc = new_alloc
                    # Continue to retry, waiting for ballooning.

            time.sleep(sleep_time)
            retries += 1
            sleep_time += SLEEP_TIME_GROWTH

        # Not enough memory; diagnose the problem.
        if dom0_min_mem == 0:
            raise VmError(('Not enough free memory and dom0_min_mem is 0, so '
                           'I cannot release any more.  I need %d MiB but '
                           'only have %d.') % (need_mem, free_mem))
        elif new_alloc < dom0_min_mem:
            raise VmError(
                ('I need %d MiB, but dom0_min_mem is %d and shrinking to '
                 '%d MiB would leave only %d MiB free.') %
                (need_mem, dom0_min_mem, dom0_min_mem,
                 free_mem + dom0_alloc - dom0_min_mem))
        else:
            raise VmError('The privileged domain did not balloon!')

    finally:
        del xc
示例#11
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def free(need_mem, dominfo):
    """Balloon out memory from the privileged domain so that there is the
    specified required amount (in KiB) free.
    """

    # We check whether there is enough free memory, and if not, instruct dom0
    # to balloon out to free some up.  Memory freed by a destroyed domain may
    # not appear in the free_memory field immediately, because it needs to be
    # scrubbed before it can be released to the free list, which is done
    # asynchronously by Xen; ballooning is asynchronous also.  Such memory
    # does, however, need to be accounted for when calculating how much dom0
    # needs to balloon.  No matter where we expect the free memory to come
    # from, we need to wait for it to become available.
    #
    # We are not allowed to balloon below dom0_min_mem, or if dom0_ballooning
    # is False, we cannot balloon at all.  Memory can still become available
    # through a rebooting domain, however.
    #
    # Eventually, we time out (presumably because there really isn't enough
    # free memory).
    #
    # We don't want to set the memory target (triggering a watch) when that
    # has already been done, but we do want to respond to changing memory
    # usage, so we recheck the required alloc each time around the loop, but
    # track the last used value so that we don't trigger too many watches.

    xoptions = XendOptions.instance()
    dom0 = XendDomain.instance().privilegedDomain()
    xc = xen.lowlevel.xc.xc()

    try:
        dom0_min_mem = xoptions.get_dom0_min_mem() * 1024
        dom0_ballooning = xoptions.get_enable_dom0_ballooning()
        dom0_alloc = get_dom0_current_alloc()

        retries = 0
        sleep_time = SLEEP_TIME_GROWTH
        new_alloc = 0
        last_new_alloc = None
        last_free = None
        rlimit = RETRY_LIMIT

        # stop tmem from absorbing any more memory (must THAW when done!)
        xc.tmem_control(0,TMEMC_FREEZE,-1, 0, 0, "")

        # If unreasonable memory size is required, we give up waiting
        # for ballooning or scrubbing, as if had retried.
        physinfo = xc.physinfo()
        free_mem = physinfo['free_memory']
        scrub_mem = physinfo['scrub_memory']
        total_mem = physinfo['total_memory']
        if dom0_ballooning:
            max_free_mem = total_mem - dom0_min_mem
        else:
            max_free_mem = total_mem - dom0_alloc
        if need_mem >= max_free_mem:
            retries = rlimit

        freeable_mem = free_mem + scrub_mem
        if freeable_mem < need_mem and need_mem < max_free_mem:
            # flush memory from tmem to scrub_mem and reobtain physinfo
            need_tmem_kb = need_mem - freeable_mem
            tmem_kb = xc.tmem_control(0,TMEMC_FLUSH,-1, need_tmem_kb, 0, "")
            log.debug("Balloon: tmem relinquished %d KiB of %d KiB requested.",
                      tmem_kb, need_tmem_kb)
            physinfo = xc.physinfo()
            free_mem = physinfo['free_memory']
            scrub_mem = physinfo['scrub_memory']

        # Check whethercurrent machine is a numa system and the new 
        # created hvm has all its vcpus in the same node, if all the 
        # conditions above are fit. We will wait until all the pages 
        # in scrub list are freed (if waiting time go beyond 20s, 
        # we will stop waiting it.)
        if physinfo['nr_nodes'] > 1 and retries == 0:
            oldnode = -1
            waitscrub = 1
            vcpus = dominfo.info['cpus'][0]
            for vcpu in vcpus:
                nodenum = 0
                for node in physinfo['node_to_cpu']:
                    for cpu in node:
                        if vcpu == cpu:
                            if oldnode == -1:
                                oldnode = nodenum
                            elif oldnode != nodenum:
                                waitscrub = 0
                    nodenum = nodenum + 1

            if waitscrub == 1 and scrub_mem > 0:
                log.debug("wait for scrub %s", scrub_mem)
                while scrub_mem > 0 and retries < rlimit:
                    time.sleep(sleep_time)
                    physinfo = xc.physinfo()
                    free_mem = physinfo['free_memory']
                    scrub_mem = physinfo['scrub_memory']
                    retries += 1
                    sleep_time += SLEEP_TIME_GROWTH
                log.debug("scrub for %d times", retries)

            retries = 0
            sleep_time = SLEEP_TIME_GROWTH

        while retries < rlimit:
            physinfo = xc.physinfo()
            free_mem = physinfo['free_memory']
            scrub_mem = physinfo['scrub_memory']

            if free_mem >= need_mem:
                log.debug("Balloon: %d KiB free; need %d; done.",
                          free_mem, need_mem)
                return

            if retries == 0:
                rlimit += ((need_mem - free_mem)/1024/1024) * RETRY_LIMIT_INCR
                log.debug("Balloon: %d KiB free; %d to scrub; need %d; retries: %d.",
                          free_mem, scrub_mem, need_mem, rlimit)

            if dom0_ballooning:
                dom0_alloc = get_dom0_current_alloc()
                new_alloc = dom0_alloc - (need_mem - free_mem - scrub_mem)

                if free_mem + scrub_mem >= need_mem:
                    if last_new_alloc == None:
                        log.debug("Balloon: waiting on scrubbing")
                        last_new_alloc = dom0_alloc
                else:
                    if (new_alloc >= dom0_min_mem and
                        new_alloc != last_new_alloc):
                        new_alloc_mb = new_alloc / 1024  # Round down
                        log.debug("Balloon: setting dom0 target to %d MiB.",
                                  new_alloc_mb)
                        dom0.setMemoryTarget(new_alloc_mb)
                        last_new_alloc = new_alloc
                # Continue to retry, waiting for ballooning or scrubbing.

            time.sleep(sleep_time)
            if retries < 2 * RETRY_LIMIT:
                sleep_time += SLEEP_TIME_GROWTH
            if last_free != None and last_free >= free_mem + scrub_mem:
                retries += 1
            last_free = free_mem + scrub_mem

        # Not enough memory; diagnose the problem.
        if not dom0_ballooning:
            raise VmError(('Not enough free memory and enable-dom0-ballooning '
                           'is False, so I cannot release any more.  '
                           'I need %d KiB but only have %d.') %
                          (need_mem, free_mem))
        elif new_alloc < dom0_min_mem:
            raise VmError(
                ('I need %d KiB, but dom0_min_mem is %d and shrinking to '
                 '%d KiB would leave only %d KiB free.') %
                (need_mem, dom0_min_mem, dom0_min_mem,
                 free_mem + scrub_mem + dom0_alloc - dom0_min_mem))
        else:
            dom0_start_alloc_mb = get_dom0_current_alloc() / 1024
            dom0.setMemoryTarget(dom0_start_alloc_mb)
            raise VmError(
                ('Not enough memory is available, and dom0 cannot'
                 ' be shrunk any further'))

    finally:
        # allow tmem to accept pages again
        xc.tmem_control(0,TMEMC_THAW,-1, 0, 0, "")
        del xc