lkvm-balloon(1)
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NAME
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lkvm-balloon - Inflate or deflate the virtio balloon

SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'lkvm balloon [command] [size] [instance]'

DESCRIPTION
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The command inflates or deflates the virtio balloon located in the
specified instance.
For a list of running instances see 'lkvm list'.

Command can be either 'inflate' or 'deflate'. Inflate increases the
size of the balloon, thus decreasing the amount of virtual RAM available
for the guest. Deflation returns previously inflated memory back to the
guest.

size is specified in Mb.
