The quilt patch titled
Subject: powerpc: reword ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER prompt and help text
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
powerpc-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: powerpc: reword ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER prompt and help text
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:22:28 +0300
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/20230324052233.2654090-10-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/powerpc/Kconfig | 16 +++++++++-------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig~powerpc-reword-arch_force_max_order-prompt-and-help-text
+++ a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ config DATA_SHIFT
8M pages will be pinned.
config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
- int "Maximum zone order"
+ int "Order of maximal physically contiguous allocations"
range 7 8 if PPC64 && PPC_64K_PAGES
default "8" if PPC64 && PPC_64K_PAGES
range 12 12 if PPC64 && !PPC_64K_PAGES
@@ -910,17 +910,19 @@ config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
range 10 63
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.
The page size is not necessarily 4KB. For example, on 64-bit
systems, 64KB pages can be enabled via CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES. Keep
this in mind when choosing a value for this option.
+ Don't change if unsure.
+
config PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT
bool "Support setting protections for 4k subpages (subpage_prot syscall)"
default n
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from rppt@xxxxxxxxxx are
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
mm-move-free_area_empty-to-mm-internalh.patch
