[merged mm-stable] arm64-drop-ranges-in-definition-of-arch_force_max_order.patch removed from -mm tree

[merged mm-stable] arm64-drop-ranges-in-definition-of-arch_force_max_order.patch removed from -mm tree

[Andrew Morton]

The quilt patch titled
     Subject: arm64: drop ranges in definition of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     arm64-drop-ranges-in-definition-of-arch_force_max_order.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@kernel.org>
Subject: arm64: drop ranges in definition of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:22:21 +0300

It is not a good idea to change fundamental parameters of core memory
management.  Having predefined ranges suggests that the values within
those ranges are sensible, but one has to *really* understand implications
of changing MAX_ORDER before actually amending it and ranges don't help
here.

Drop ranges in definition of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER and make its prompt
visible only if EXPERT=y

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230324052233.2654090-3-rppt@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@kernel.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
Cc: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 arch/arm64/Kconfig |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig~arm64-drop-ranges-in-definition-of-arch_force_max_order
+++ a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -1487,11 +1487,9 @@ config XEN
 # 16K |       27          |      14      |       13        |         11         |
 # 64K |       29          |      16      |       13        |         13         |
 config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
-	int "Maximum zone order" if ARM64_4K_PAGES || ARM64_16K_PAGES
+	int "Maximum zone order" if EXPERT && (ARM64_4K_PAGES || ARM64_16K_PAGES)
 	default "13" if ARM64_64K_PAGES
-	range 11 13 if ARM64_16K_PAGES
 	default "11" if ARM64_16K_PAGES
-	range 10 15 if ARM64_4K_PAGES
 	default "10"
 	help
 	  The kernel memory allocator divides physically contiguous memory
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from rppt@kernel.org are

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
mm-move-free_area_empty-to-mm-internalh.patch