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From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: CONFIG_FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER settable for all ARM architectures
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 14:07:16 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101105140716.GC23828@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikjQhKXgYzczAx70R3JkQ=DoE-xFNux=s6jUeLB@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 09:59:41PM +0800, Eric Miao wrote:
> However, I'm not really sure about how the size of the memory region is chosen
> and if the MAX_ORDER issue can be solved as well. So I guess before that
> happens in mainline, would be acceptable to adjust MAX_ZONEORDER in a
> hackish way.

Even if you increase MAX_ZONEORDER, the chances of being able to allocate
such a large page at runtime will be fairly low due to fragmentation.
It's something the normal page allocator has never been very good with.

  reply	other threads:[~2010-11-05 14:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-05 13:41 CONFIG_FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER settable for all ARM architectures Daniel Mack
2010-11-05 13:59 ` Eric Miao
2010-11-05 14:07   ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2010-11-05 14:14     ` Daniel Mack
2010-11-05 14:01 ` Russell King - ARM Linux

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