The patch titled Subject: arm64: drop ranges in definition of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is arm64-drop-ranges-in-definition-of-arch_force_max_order.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/arm64-drop-ranges-in-definition-of-arch_force_max_order.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: arm64: drop ranges in definition of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:22:21 +0300 It is not a good idea to change fundamental parameters of core memory management. Having predefined ranges suggests that the values within those ranges are sensible, but one has to *really* understand implications of changing MAX_ORDER before actually amending it and ranges don't help here. Drop ranges in definition of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER and make its prompt visible only if EXPERT=y Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230324052233.2654090-3-rppt@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> 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: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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/arm64/Kconfig | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig~arm64-drop-ranges-in-definition-of-arch_force_max_order +++ a/arch/arm64/Kconfig @@ -1487,11 +1487,9 @@ config XEN # 16K | 27 | 14 | 13 | 11 | # 64K | 29 | 16 | 13 | 13 | config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER - int "Maximum zone order" if ARM64_4K_PAGES || ARM64_16K_PAGES + int "Maximum zone order" if EXPERT && (ARM64_4K_PAGES || ARM64_16K_PAGES) default "13" if ARM64_64K_PAGES - range 11 13 if ARM64_16K_PAGES default "11" if ARM64_16K_PAGES - range 10 15 if ARM64_4K_PAGES default "10" help The kernel memory allocator divides physically contiguous memory _ 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