From patchwork Sat Mar 25 06:08:23 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Mike Rapoport X-Patchwork-Id: 13187617 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9213FC6FD20 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2023 06:10:54 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To: Message-Id:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=ZNkddVv9BA1rO0Vk4+EpV577lUvIFqGlQHIXgck9zR8=; b=217/uR2UaNTbAo ky2LnPvswHa3YSsO3ppVaTdYa6x70NRP9gHh9k8LZCHzEHeA9u3KkIVBb4SgGuz7D1q/c4P6ynTPn 1kvAxslpIx9EvBl4ll5KYWLMeaOjN7eIrUOcAKacVUEnJgx5tFlaRZ5LYn7nYHkcnaA37kloApAOK qNNWq4Wbmn2Tqz0srRd8cIhhrnLe9IxwoKQzF3QCT+ft1ET9eaghNv/QRHL8SUmH6Lepokl0U93kf 8JfZAmSAjHNc9Lx6pQJD6tYO2aJqndeekP2iCt5xgbQiLGKMyun+HIRbD8xXcd+kuNIPqvbGp78h+ /gsOPrOPzjhknOuVlgvg==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1pfx6L-006CDK-0d; Sat, 25 Mar 2023 06:10:05 +0000 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org ([145.40.68.75]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.96 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1pfx68-006C4X-31 for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2023 06:09:54 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 87CD7B82702; Sat, 25 Mar 2023 06:09:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 83C6CC4339C; Sat, 25 Mar 2023 06:09:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1679724590; bh=jGLEKz2iqm7cMnQrUVYJL5S3M5/KheRmpBTQnwRR4g4=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=fuhyJhtHzN+qD82eoHpuLDmXvrAMorZAr/P2o9L7nfyMZs+HIZtlbR/vnexnzPPjQ 12iIcEMI6k/xnEuBxza1yG4SvIvAheU/XCDxj9gy6c8UT7rYqfDWnjxYZiyjIXQAuy Cw34EEoqONyrKGAC98SVlOM7KjkkGBpNPwdVBNVWwyepw3TPFnhRUAq46TiDceB7E7 LeHj8+xXZvSL9hRooqfhuKq1rb6GdFsD/ILlZPFfH5bv7Ub5fU9N1un8RFGJx5BKUF kdIUdTKCsI2Rz3oDl6ivjSPmrOXjW1ME7NKfBDtabqTOC+CfbdMm1qLscuK7AucmqO 8QqzrxYbPBEtw== From: Mike Rapoport To: Andrew Morton Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Catalin Marinas , Christophe Leroy , "David S. Miller" , Dinh Nguyen , Geert Uytterhoeven , Guo Ren , John Paul Adrian Glaubitz , "Kirill A. Shutemov" , Max Filippov , Michael Ellerman , Mike Rapoport , Rich Felker , Russell King , Will Deacon , Yoshinori Sato , Zi Yan , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-csky@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v3 09/14] powerpc: reword ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER prompt and help text Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 09:08:23 +0300 Message-Id: <20230325060828.2662773-10-rppt@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.35.1 In-Reply-To: <20230325060828.2662773-1-rppt@kernel.org> References: <20230325060828.2662773-1-rppt@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20230324_230953_301138_F4430719 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 16.07 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" The prompt and help text of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER are not even close to describe this configuration option. Update both to actually describe what this option does. Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov Reviewed-by: Zi Yan Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) --- arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig index 24d56536b269..c0095bf795ca 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ config DATA_SHIFT 8M pages will be pinned. config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER - int "Maximum zone order" + int "Order of maximal physically contiguous allocations" range 7 8 if PPC64 && PPC_64K_PAGES default "8" if PPC64 && PPC_64K_PAGES range 12 12 if PPC64 && !PPC_64K_PAGES @@ -910,17 +910,19 @@ config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER range 10 63 default "10" help - The kernel memory allocator divides physically contiguous memory - blocks into "zones", where each zone is a power of two number of - pages. This option selects the largest power of two that the kernel - keeps in the memory allocator. If you need to allocate very large - blocks of physically contiguous memory, then you may need to - increase this value. + The kernel page allocator limits the size of maximal physically + contiguous allocations. The limit is called MAX_ORDER and it + defines the maximal power of two of number of pages that can be + allocated as a single contiguous block. This option allows + overriding the default setting when ability to allocate very + large blocks of physically contiguous memory is required. The page size is not necessarily 4KB. For example, on 64-bit systems, 64KB pages can be enabled via CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES. Keep this in mind when choosing a value for this option. + Don't change if unsure. + config PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT bool "Support setting protections for 4k subpages (subpage_prot syscall)" default n