VirtualBox

Opened 8 years ago

#15352 new defect

Poor/missing documentation of Balloon parameters

Reported by: prensing Owned by:
Component: documentation Version: VirtualBox 5.0.18
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: other Host type: Linux

Description

The parameters involved in the balloon control (in VBoxBalloonCtrl) are very poorly described (section 9.22.1). I had to read the code to understand how they are being used.

BalloonLowerLimitMB - despite the confusing name, this parameter is the minimum free memory that should be maintain in the Guest. It is not a "balloon lower limit", it is a Guest free memory lower limit.

VBOXWATCHDOG_BALLOON_SAFETYMARGIN - this parameter is only visible in the daemon start up script. While I assumed this was the memory safety margin in the Guest, it is not. It is the memory safety margin the Host. The balloon daemon will not reduce the balloon in a Guest if that would cause the Host to not have enough memory.

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