Re: [PATCH -V2 1/4] mm/cma: Move dma contiguous changes into a seperate config

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On Fri, Jun 28 2013, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> We want to use CMA for allocating hash page table and real mode area for
> PPC64. Hence move DMA contiguous related changes into a seperate config
> so that ppc64 can enable CMA without requiring DMA contiguous.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@xxxxxxxxxx>

> diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
> index 07abd9d..74b7c98 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
> @@ -202,11 +202,10 @@ config DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
>  	  APIs extension; the file's descriptor can then be passed on to other
>  	  driver.
>  
> -config CMA
> -	bool "Contiguous Memory Allocator"
> -	depends on HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS && HAVE_MEMBLOCK
> -	select MIGRATION
> -	select MEMORY_ISOLATION
> +config DMA_CMA
> +	bool "DMA Contiguous Memory Allocator"
> +	depends on HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS
> +	select CMA

Just to be on the safe side, I'd add

	depends on HAVE_MEMBLOCK

or change this so that it does not select CMA but depends on CMA.

>  	help
>  	  This enables the Contiguous Memory Allocator which allows drivers
>  	  to allocate big physically-contiguous blocks of memory for use with
> @@ -215,17 +214,7 @@ config CMA
>  	  For more information see <include/linux/dma-contiguous.h>.
>  	  If unsure, say "n".
>  
> -if CMA
> -
> -config CMA_DEBUG
> -	bool "CMA debug messages (DEVELOPMENT)"
> -	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
> -	help
> -	  Turns on debug messages in CMA.  This produces KERN_DEBUG
> -	  messages for every CMA call as well as various messages while
> -	  processing calls such as dma_alloc_from_contiguous().
> -	  This option does not affect warning and error messages.
> -
> +if  DMA_CMA
>  comment "Default contiguous memory area size:"
>  
>  config CMA_SIZE_MBYTES

> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h b/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
> index 01b5c84..00141d3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
> @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct cma;
>  struct page;
>  struct device;
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_CMA
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DMA_CMA
>  
>  /*
>   * There is always at least global CMA area and a few optional device
> diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
> index e742d06..26a5f81 100644
> --- a/mm/Kconfig
> +++ b/mm/Kconfig
> @@ -477,3 +477,27 @@ config FRONTSWAP
>  	  and swap data is stored as normal on the matching swap device.
>  
>  	  If unsure, say Y to enable frontswap.
> +
> +config CMA
> +	bool "Contiguous Memory Allocator"
> +	depends on HAVE_MEMBLOCK
> +	select MIGRATION
> +	select MEMORY_ISOLATION
> +	help
> +	  This enables the Contiguous Memory Allocator which allows other
> +	  subsystems to allocate big physically-contiguous blocks of memory.
> +	  CMA reserves a region of memory and allows only movable pages to
> +	  be allocated from it. This way, the kernel can use the memory for
> +	  pagecache and when a subsystem requests for contiguous area, the
> +	  allocated pages are migrated away to serve the contiguous request.
> +
> +	  If unsure, say "n".
> +
> +config CMA_DEBUG
> +	bool "CMA debug messages (DEVELOPMENT)"
> +	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && CMA
> +	help
> +	  Turns on debug messages in CMA.  This produces KERN_DEBUG
> +	  messages for every CMA call as well as various messages while
> +	  processing calls such as dma_alloc_from_contiguous().
> +	  This option does not affect warning and error messages.
> -- 
> 1.8.1.2
>

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