RE: 2.4.9/2.4.18 max kernel allocation size

["Joseph D. Wagner" <wagnerjd@prodigy.net>]

I might be thinking of something totally different than what you're
talking about, but here it goes:

Change line 18 of mmzone.h from:
	#define MAX_ORDER 10
	to
	#define MAX_ORDER 24

This allows larger contiguous chunks of memory to be allocated, up to
32GB.

I'd be very appreciative if you could send me back whatever statistics
you get as a result of this change.  (To be honest, I'm not a good
kernel hacker, and I wanted to gather statistics on this for some time
but don't know how.)

Thanks in advance.

Joseph Wagner

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
[mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Ofer Raz
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 10:19 AM
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: FW: 2.4.9/2.4.18 max kernel allocation size



-----Original Message-----
From: Ofer Raz [mailto:oraz@checkpoint.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:19 PM
To: 'linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org'
Subject: 2.4.9/2.4.18 max kernel allocation size


I'm trying to obtain the largest kernel allocation possible using
vmalloc.

I have tested both Linux 2.4.9-7 and 2.4.18-10 max kernel allocation
using
vmalloc on Intel platform with different physical memory configurations.
>From my experience, playing with the Virtual/Physical memory split
issues
different results (which makes sense)

Following are the results on 2.4.9-7 when the 4GB highmem config option
is
set:

Config Option	Physical Memory	Max Allocation
CONFIG_1GB		512MB			400
			1024MB		900
			1536MB		1400
			2048MB		981

CONFIG_2GB		512MB			400
			1024MB		900
			1536MB		461
			2048MB		VFS Panic on boot

CONFIG_3GB		512MB			400
			1024MB		85
			1536MB		VFS Panic on boot
			2048MB		VFS Panic on boot

Please note that CONFIG_3GB is the default and results 85MB max
allocation
for 1GB machine.

For my surprise, I have discovered that the
CONFIG_1GB/CONFIG_2GB/CONFIG_3GB
configuration options were removed from 2.4.18-10, it seems that the
kernel
is set for the CONFIG_3GB option (by looking at the PAGE_OFFSET mask
(0xc0000000)).

Any idea how can I make the kernel allocation on 2.4.18-10 larger than
85MB
on 1GB machine?

Cheers,
	Ofer

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