The patch titled
sparsemem: vmemmap does not need section bits
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
sparsemem-vmemmap-does-not-need-section-bits.patch
This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: sparsemem: vmemmap does not need section bits
From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
A set of patches that attempts to improve page flag handling. First of all a
method is introduced to generate the page flag functions using macros. Then
the number of page flags used by sparsemem is reduced. All page flag
operations will no longer be macros. All flags will use inline function.
Then we add a way to export enum constants to the preprocessor which allows us
to get rid of __ZONE_COUNT and use the NR_PAGEFLAGS for the dynamic
calculation of actually available page flags for fields.
This patch:
Sparsemem vmemmap does not need any section bits. This patch has the effect
of reducing the number of bits used in page->flags by at least 6.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN include/linux/mm.h~sparsemem-vmemmap-does-not-need-section-bits include/linux/mm.h
--- a/include/linux/mm.h~sparsemem-vmemmap-does-not-need-section-bits
+++ a/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -386,11 +386,11 @@ static inline void set_compound_order(st
* we have run out of space and have to fall back to an
* alternate (slower) way of determining the node.
*
- * No sparsemem: | NODE | ZONE | ... | FLAGS |
- * with space for node: | SECTION | NODE | ZONE | ... | FLAGS |
- * no space for node: | SECTION | ZONE | ... | FLAGS |
+ * No sparsemem or sparsemem vmemmap: | NODE | ZONE | ... | FLAGS |
+ * classic sparse with space for node:| SECTION | NODE | ZONE | ... | FLAGS |
+ * classic sparse no space for node: | SECTION | ZONE | ... | FLAGS |
*/
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM) && !defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP)
#define SECTIONS_WIDTH SECTIONS_SHIFT
#else
#define SECTIONS_WIDTH 0
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ static inline void set_compound_order(st
#if SECTIONS_WIDTH+ZONES_WIDTH+NODES_SHIFT <= FLAGS_RESERVED
#define NODES_WIDTH NODES_SHIFT
#else
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
+#error "Vmemmap: No space for nodes field in page flags"
+#endif
#define NODES_WIDTH 0
#endif
@@ -493,10 +496,12 @@ static inline struct zone *page_zone(str
return &NODE_DATA(page_to_nid(page))->node_zones[page_zonenum(page)];
}
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM) && !defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP)
static inline unsigned long page_to_section(struct page *page)
{
return (page->flags >> SECTIONS_PGSHIFT) & SECTIONS_MASK;
}
+#endif
static inline void set_page_zone(struct page *page, enum zone_type zone)
{
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from clameter@xxxxxxx are
fix-mempolicy-reference-counting-bugs.patch
git-unionfs.patch
git-slub.patch
slab-pass-correct-flags-to-kmem_getpages.patch
ntfs-fix-nommu-build.patch
x86-cast-cmpxchg-and-cmpxchg_local-result-for-386-and-486.patch
remove-set_migrateflags.patch
mm-use-zonelists-instead-of-zones-when-direct-reclaiming-pages.patch
mm-introduce-node_zonelist-for-accessing-the-zonelist-for-a-gfp-mask.patch
mm-remember-what-the-preferred-zone-is-for-zone_statistics.patch
mm-use-two-zonelist-that-are-filtered-by-gfp-mask.patch
mm-have-zonelist-contains-structs-with-both-a-zone-pointer-and-zone_idx.patch
mm-filter-based-on-a-nodemask-as-well-as-a-gfp_mask.patch
mm-filter-based-on-a-nodemask-as-well-as-a-gfp_mask-doc-fixes.patch
mm-filter-based-on-a-nodemask-as-well-as-a-gfp_mask-make-dequeue_huge_page_vma-obey-mpol_bind-nodemask.patch
mm-move-cache_line_size-to-linux-cacheh.patch
mempolicy-convert-mpol-constants-to-enum.patch
mempolicy-support-optional-mode-flags.patch
mempolicy-add-mpol_f_static_nodes-flag.patch
mempolicy-add-bitmap_onto-and-bitmap_fold-operations.patch
mempolicy-add-mpol_f_relative_nodes-flag.patch
mempolicy-update-numa-memory-policy-documentation.patch
sparsemem-vmemmap-does-not-need-section-bits.patch
kbuild-create-a-way-to-create-preprocessor-constants-from-c-expressions.patch
pageflags-use-an-enum-for-the-flags.patch
pageflags-get-rid-of-flags_reserved.patch
pageflags-introduce-macros-to-generate-page-flag-functions.patch
pageflags-convert-to-the-use-of-new-macros.patch
pageflags-use-proper-page-flag-functions-in-xen.patch
pageflags-eliminate-pg_xxx-aliases.patch
reiser4.patch
reiser4-portion-of-zero_user-cleanup-patch.patch
page-owner-tracking-leak-detector.patch
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