On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 14:57:16 -0700 (PDT) David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jun 2014, Luiz Capitulino wrote: > > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/numa.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/numa.h > > > > index 4064aca..01b493e 100644 > > > > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/numa.h > > > > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/numa.h > > > > @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ > > > > #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA > > > > > > > > #define NR_NODE_MEMBLKS (MAX_NUMNODES*2) > > > > -#define ZONE_ALIGN (1UL << (MAX_ORDER+PAGE_SHIFT)) > > > > > > > > /* > > > > * Too small node sizes may confuse the VM badly. Usually they > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c > > > > index 1d045f9..69f6362 100644 > > > > --- a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c > > > > +++ b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c > > > > @@ -200,8 +200,6 @@ static void __init setup_node_data(int nid, u64 start, u64 end) > > > > if (end && (end - start) < NODE_MIN_SIZE) > > > > return; > > > > > > > > - start = roundup(start, ZONE_ALIGN); > > > > - > > > > printk(KERN_INFO "Initmem setup node %d [mem %#010Lx-%#010Lx]\n", > > > > nid, start, end - 1); > > > > > > > > > > What ensures this start address is page aligned from the BIOS? > > > > To which start address do you refer to? > > The start address displayed in the dmesg is not page aligned anymore with > your change, correct? I have to check that but I don't expect this to happen because my understanding of the code is that what's rounded up here is just discarded in free_area_init_node(). Am I wrong? > acpi_parse_memory_affinity() does no > transformations on the table, the base address is coming strictly from the > SRAT and there is no page alignment requirement in the ACPI specification. > NODE_DATA(nid)->node_start_pfn will be correct because it does the shift > for you, but it still seems you want to at least align to PAGE_SIZE here. I do agree we need to align to PAGE_SIZE, but I'm not sure where we should do it. -- 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>