The patch titled
Subject: arm: reword ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER prompt and help text
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
arm-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/arm-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: arm: reword ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER prompt and help text
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:22:20 +0300
Patch series "arch,mm: cleanup Kconfig entries for ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER",
v2.
Several architectures have ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER in their Kconfig and
they all have wrong and misleading prompt and help text for this option.
Besides, some define insane limits for possible values of
ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER, some carefully define ranges only for a subset of
possible configurations, some make this option configurable by users for no
good reason.
This set updates the prompt and help text everywhere and does its best to
update actual definitions of ranges where applicable.
kbuild generated a bunch of false positives because it assigns -1 to
ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER, hopefully this will be fixed soon.
This patch (of 14):
The prompt and help text of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER are not even close to
describe this configuration option.
Update both to actually describe what this option does.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230324052233.2654090-1-rppt@xxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230324052233.2654090-2-rppt@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/Kconfig | 16 +++++++++-------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig~arm-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text
+++ a/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1354,17 +1354,19 @@ config ARM_MODULE_PLTS
configurations. If unsure, say y.
config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
- int "Maximum zone order"
+ int "Order of maximal physically contiguous allocations"
default "11" if SOC_AM33XX
default "8" if SA1111
default "10"
help
- The kernel memory allocator divides physically contiguous memory
- blocks into "zones", where each zone is a power of two number of
- pages. This option selects the largest power of two that the kernel
- keeps in the memory allocator. If you need to allocate very large
- blocks of physically contiguous memory, then you may need to
- increase this value.
+ The kernel page allocator limits the size of maximal physically
+ contiguous allocations. The limit is called MAX_ORDER and it
+ defines the maximal power of two of number of pages that can be
+ allocated as a single contiguous block. This option allows
+ overriding the default setting when ability to allocate very
+ large blocks of physically contiguous memory is required.
+
+ Don't change if unsure.
config ALIGNMENT_TRAP
def_bool CPU_CP15_MMU
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from rppt@xxxxxxxxxx are
loongarch-drop-ranges-for-definition-of-arch_force_max_order.patch
mips-drop-ranges-for-definition-of-arch_force_max_order.patch
mm-move-get_page_from_free_area-to-mm-page_allocc.patch
mips-fix-comment-about-pgtable_init.patch
mm-page_alloc-add-helper-for-checking-if-check_pages_enabled.patch
mm-move-most-of-core-mm-initialization-to-mm-mm_initc.patch
mm-handle-hashdist-initialization-in-mm-mm_initc.patch
mm-page_alloc-rename-page_alloc_init-to-page_alloc_init_cpuhp.patch
init-fold-build_all_zonelists-and-page_alloc_init_cpuhp-to-mm_init.patch
initmm-move-mm_init-to-mm-mm_initc-and-rename-it-to-mm_core_init.patch
mm-call-ptlockpgtable_cache_init-directly-from-mm_core_init.patch
mm-move-init_mem_debugging_and_hardening-to-mm-mm_initc.patch
initmm-fold-late-call-to-page_ext_init-to-page_alloc_init_late.patch
mm-move-mem_init_print_info-to-mm_initc.patch
mm-move-kmem_cache_init-declaration-to-mm-slabh.patch
mm-move-vmalloc_init-declaration-to-mm-internalh.patch
maintainers-extend-memblock-entry-to-include-mm-initialization.patch
arm-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text.patch
arm64-drop-ranges-in-definition-of-arch_force_max_order.patch
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
