CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON: Virtio balloon driver

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON has multiple definitions:

Virtio balloon driver found in drivers/virtio/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON:

• prompt: Virtio balloon driver
• type: tristate
• depends on: CONFIG_VIRTIO
• defined in drivers/virtio/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 3.7–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.12
• modules built: virtio_balloon

Help text

This driver supports increasing and decreasing the amount of memory within a KVM guest.

If unsure, say M.

Virtio balloon driver (EXPERIMENTAL) found in drivers/virtio/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON:

• prompt: Virtio balloon driver (EXPERIMENTAL)
• type: tristate
• depends on: (none)
• defined in drivers/virtio/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.25–2.6.39, 3.0–3.6
• modules built: virtio_balloon

Help text

This driver supports increasing and decreasing the amount of memory within a KVM guest.

If unsure, say M.

Hardware

LKDDb

Raw data from LKDDb:

• lkddb fs "balloon-kvm" : CONFIG_VIRTIO CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON : drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c # in 4.8–4.20, 5.0–5.12
• lkddb fs "balloon-kvm" : CONFIG_VIRTIO CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI_LIB : drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c # in 5.13–5.15
• lkddb fs "balloon-kvm" : CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON : drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c # in 5.16–5.19, 5.19+HEAD
• lkddb module virtio_balloon CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON : drivers/virtio/Kconfig : "Virtio balloon driver" # in 2.6.25–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.12
• lkddb virtio 00000005 ........ : CONFIG_VIRTIO CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON : drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c # in 2.6.25–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.12
• lkddb virtio 00000005 ........ : CONFIG_VIRTIO CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI_LIB : drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c # in 5.13–5.15
• lkddb virtio 00000005 ........ : CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON : drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c # in 5.16–5.19, 6.0–6.12

Sources

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