From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 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 vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 006AAC7619A for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2023 20:33:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232064AbjCXUdC (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:33:02 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:47002 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232073AbjCXUc6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:32:58 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0DBEB1C304 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:32:49 -0700 (PDT) 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 dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9F52862CAD for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2023 20:32:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 04F55C433D2; Fri, 24 Mar 2023 20:32:47 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linux-foundation.org; s=korg; t=1679689968; bh=aAvRdGU/mKUmluj+y1PhH15+37jb76uqQgtqePFyRjc=; h=Date:To:From:Subject:From; b=SHzsX4xOTE7dPwbB3eRUcTBFUvHw61IhQeQm0vV70YlyeC7V3Bvqq0fdmdcITjEgK RScWtKsU7wS/dv4oSwmxiReNdGwuJ8741nYeSrHz1802da6NCz4628ra/4zk0Vj0+d xMgCnN2eHj/h3y/qeS2ItT/0ugNy4MNLGtw0jz2c= Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:32:47 -0700 To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org, ziy@nvidia.com, ysato@users.sourceforge.jp, will@kernel.org, mpe@ellerman.id.au, linux@armlinux.org.uk, kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com, jcmvbkbc@gmail.com, guoren@kernel.org, glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de, geert@linux-m68k.org, dinguyen@kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, dalias@libc.org, christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu, catalin.marinas@arm.com, arnd@arndb.de, rppt@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org From: Andrew Morton Subject: + sparc-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text.patch added to mm-unstable branch Message-Id: <20230324203248.04F55C433D2@smtp.kernel.org> Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org The patch titled Subject: sparc: reword ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER prompt and help text has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is sparc-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/sparc-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" Subject: sparc: reword ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER prompt and help text Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:22:32 +0300 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. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230324052233.2654090-14-rppt@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov Reviewed-by: Zi Yan Cc: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Catalin Marinas Cc: Christophe Leroy Cc: David Miller Cc: Dinh Nguyen Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Guo Ren Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz Cc: Max Filippov Cc: Michael Ellerman Cc: Rich Felker Cc: "Russell King (Oracle)" Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Yoshinori Sato Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- arch/sparc/Kconfig | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) --- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig~sparc-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text +++ a/arch/sparc/Kconfig @@ -270,15 +270,17 @@ config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT def_bool y if SPARC64 config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER - int "Maximum zone order" + int "Order of maximal physically contiguous allocations" default "12" 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. + + Don't change if unsure. if SPARC64 || COMPILE_TEST source "kernel/power/Kconfig" _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from rppt@kernel.org are loongarch-drop-ranges-for-definition-of-arch_force_max_order.patch mips-drop-ranges-for-definition-of-arch_force_max_order.patch mm-move-get_page_from_free_area-to-mm-page_allocc.patch mips-fix-comment-about-pgtable_init.patch mm-page_alloc-add-helper-for-checking-if-check_pages_enabled.patch mm-move-most-of-core-mm-initialization-to-mm-mm_initc.patch mm-handle-hashdist-initialization-in-mm-mm_initc.patch mm-page_alloc-rename-page_alloc_init-to-page_alloc_init_cpuhp.patch init-fold-build_all_zonelists-and-page_alloc_init_cpuhp-to-mm_init.patch initmm-move-mm_init-to-mm-mm_initc-and-rename-it-to-mm_core_init.patch mm-call-ptlockpgtable_cache_init-directly-from-mm_core_init.patch mm-move-init_mem_debugging_and_hardening-to-mm-mm_initc.patch initmm-fold-late-call-to-page_ext_init-to-page_alloc_init_late.patch mm-move-mem_init_print_info-to-mm_initc.patch mm-move-kmem_cache_init-declaration-to-mm-slabh.patch mm-move-vmalloc_init-declaration-to-mm-internalh.patch maintainers-extend-memblock-entry-to-include-mm-initialization.patch arm-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text.patch arm64-drop-ranges-in-definition-of-arch_force_max_order.patch arm64-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text.patch csky-drop-arch_force_max_order.patch ia64-dont-allow-users-to-override-arch_force_max_order.patch m68k-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text.patch nios2-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text.patch nios2-drop-ranges-for-definition-of-arch_force_max_order.patch powerpc-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text.patch powerpc-drop-ranges-for-definition-of-arch_force_max_order.patch sh-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text.patch sh-drop-ranges-for-definition-of-arch_force_max_order.patch sparc-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text.patch xtensa-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text.patch