On 08/05/2016 05:24 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: >> >> it causes double align requirement for __get_vm_area_node() if parameter >> size is power of 2 and VM_IOREMAP is set in parameter flags >> >> it is fixed by handling the specail case manually due to lack of >> get_count_order() for long parameter >> >> ... >> >> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c >> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c >> @@ -1357,11 +1357,16 @@ static struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_node(unsigned long size, >> { >> struct vmap_area *va; >> struct vm_struct *area; >> + int ioremap_size_order; >> >> BUG_ON(in_interrupt()); >> - if (flags & VM_IOREMAP) >> - align = 1ul << clamp_t(int, fls_long(size), >> - PAGE_SHIFT, IOREMAP_MAX_ORDER); >> + if (flags & VM_IOREMAP) { >> + ioremap_size_order = fls_long(size); >> + if (is_power_of_2(size) && size != 1) >> + ioremap_size_order--; >> + align = 1ul << clamp_t(int, ioremap_size_order, PAGE_SHIFT, >> + IOREMAP_MAX_ORDER); >> + } >> >> size = PAGE_ALIGN(size); >> if (unlikely(!size)) > > I'm having trouble with this, and a more complete description would > have helped! > > As far as I can tell, the current code will decide the following: > > size=0x10000: alignment=0x10000 > size=0x0f000: alignment=0x8000 > no, the current code doesn't achieve the above results as shown below size=0x10000 -> fls_long(0x10000)=17 -> alignment=0x20000 size=0x0f000 -> fls_long(0x0f000)=16 -> alignment=0x10000 it is wrong for power of 2 value such as size=0x10000 > And your patch will change it so that > > size=0x10000: alignment=0x8000 > size=0x0f000: alignment=0x8000 > > Correct? > no, my patch will results in the following calculations size=0x10000: alignment=0x10000 size=0x0f000: alignment=0x10000 > If so, I'm struggling to see the sense in this. Shouldn't we be > changing things so that > > size=0x10000: alignment=0x10000 > size=0x0f000: alignment=0x10000 > > ? okay, it is the aim of my patch as explained above > > -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>