[patch] Cleanup bootmem allocator and fix alloc_bootmem_low

From: Ravikiran G Thirumalai
Date: Tue Nov 08 2005 - 02:32:22 EST


Hi Andrew,
The following patch removes alloc_bootmem_*limit apis and fixes
alloc_bootmem_low and friends to allocate below the 4G limit.

We'd agreed to do kill the *limit apis post 2.6.14.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112976967105993&w=2

Tested on x86_64 arches.

Thanks,
Kiran

--
Patch cleans up the alloc_bootmem fix for swiotlb.
Patch removes alloc_bootmem_*_limit api and fixes
alloc_boot_*low api to do the right thing -- allocate from low32 memory.

We did not do this earlier to minimise impact at the 2.6.14 final
release moment.

Signed-off-by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Index: linux-2.6.14/include/linux/bootmem.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.14.orig/include/linux/bootmem.h 2005-11-07 19:22:35.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.14/include/linux/bootmem.h 2005-11-07 19:29:07.000000000 -0800
@@ -43,50 +43,38 @@
extern unsigned long __init bootmem_bootmap_pages (unsigned long);
extern unsigned long __init init_bootmem (unsigned long addr, unsigned long memend);
extern void __init free_bootmem (unsigned long addr, unsigned long size);
-extern void * __init __alloc_bootmem_limit (unsigned long size, unsigned long align, unsigned long goal, unsigned long limit);
+extern void * __init __alloc_bootmem (unsigned long size, unsigned long align, unsigned long goal);
+extern void * __init __alloc_bootmem_low(unsigned long size,
+ unsigned long align,
+ unsigned long goal);
+extern void * __init __alloc_bootmem_low_node(pg_data_t *pgdat,
+ unsigned long size,
+ unsigned long align,
+ unsigned long goal);
#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM_NODE
extern void __init reserve_bootmem (unsigned long addr, unsigned long size);
#define alloc_bootmem(x) \
__alloc_bootmem((x), SMP_CACHE_BYTES, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS))
#define alloc_bootmem_low(x) \
- __alloc_bootmem((x), SMP_CACHE_BYTES, 0)
+ __alloc_bootmem_low((x), SMP_CACHE_BYTES, 0)
#define alloc_bootmem_pages(x) \
__alloc_bootmem((x), PAGE_SIZE, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS))
#define alloc_bootmem_low_pages(x) \
- __alloc_bootmem((x), PAGE_SIZE, 0)
-
-#define alloc_bootmem_limit(x, limit) \
- __alloc_bootmem_limit((x), SMP_CACHE_BYTES, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS), (limit))
-#define alloc_bootmem_low_limit(x, limit) \
- __alloc_bootmem_limit((x), SMP_CACHE_BYTES, 0, (limit))
-#define alloc_bootmem_pages_limit(x, limit) \
- __alloc_bootmem_limit((x), PAGE_SIZE, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS), (limit))
-#define alloc_bootmem_low_pages_limit(x, limit) \
- __alloc_bootmem_limit((x), PAGE_SIZE, 0, (limit))
-
+ __alloc_bootmem_low((x), PAGE_SIZE, 0)
#endif /* !CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM_NODE */
extern unsigned long __init free_all_bootmem (void);
-
+extern void * __init __alloc_bootmem_node (pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size, unsigned long align, unsigned long goal);
extern unsigned long __init init_bootmem_node (pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long freepfn, unsigned long startpfn, unsigned long endpfn);
extern void __init reserve_bootmem_node (pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long physaddr, unsigned long size);
extern void __init free_bootmem_node (pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long addr, unsigned long size);
extern unsigned long __init free_all_bootmem_node (pg_data_t *pgdat);
-extern void * __init __alloc_bootmem_node_limit (pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size, unsigned long align, unsigned long goal, unsigned long limit);
#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM_NODE
#define alloc_bootmem_node(pgdat, x) \
__alloc_bootmem_node((pgdat), (x), SMP_CACHE_BYTES, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS))
#define alloc_bootmem_pages_node(pgdat, x) \
__alloc_bootmem_node((pgdat), (x), PAGE_SIZE, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS))
#define alloc_bootmem_low_pages_node(pgdat, x) \
- __alloc_bootmem_node((pgdat), (x), PAGE_SIZE, 0)
-
-#define alloc_bootmem_node_limit(pgdat, x, limit) \
- __alloc_bootmem_node_limit((pgdat), (x), SMP_CACHE_BYTES, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS), (limit))
-#define alloc_bootmem_pages_node_limit(pgdat, x, limit) \
- __alloc_bootmem_node_limit((pgdat), (x), PAGE_SIZE, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS), (limit))
-#define alloc_bootmem_low_pages_node_limit(pgdat, x, limit) \
- __alloc_bootmem_node_limit((pgdat), (x), PAGE_SIZE, 0, (limit))
-
+ __alloc_bootmem_low_node((pgdat), (x), PAGE_SIZE, 0)
#endif /* !CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM_NODE */

#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_ALLOC_REMAP
@@ -123,15 +111,5 @@
#endif
extern int __initdata hashdist; /* Distribute hashes across NUMA nodes? */

-static inline void *__alloc_bootmem (unsigned long size, unsigned long align, unsigned long goal)
-{
- return __alloc_bootmem_limit(size, align, goal, 0);
-}
-
-static inline void *__alloc_bootmem_node (pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
- unsigned long goal)
-{
- return __alloc_bootmem_node_limit(pgdat, size, align, goal, 0);
-}

#endif /* _LINUX_BOOTMEM_H */
Index: linux-2.6.14/lib/swiotlb.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.14.orig/lib/swiotlb.c 2005-11-07 19:22:35.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.14/lib/swiotlb.c 2005-11-07 19:22:58.000000000 -0800
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@
/*
* Get IO TLB memory from the low pages
*/
- io_tlb_start = alloc_bootmem_low_pages_limit(io_tlb_nslabs *
- (1 << IO_TLB_SHIFT), 0x100000000);
+ io_tlb_start = alloc_bootmem_low_pages(io_tlb_nslabs * (1 << IO_TLB_SHIFT));
if (!io_tlb_start)
panic("Cannot allocate SWIOTLB buffer");
io_tlb_end = io_tlb_start + io_tlb_nslabs * (1 << IO_TLB_SHIFT);
Index: linux-2.6.14/mm/bootmem.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.14.orig/mm/bootmem.c 2005-11-07 19:22:35.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.14/mm/bootmem.c 2005-11-07 19:22:58.000000000 -0800
@@ -391,15 +391,14 @@
return(free_all_bootmem_core(NODE_DATA(0)));
}

-void * __init __alloc_bootmem_limit (unsigned long size, unsigned long align, unsigned long goal,
- unsigned long limit)
+void * __init __alloc_bootmem(unsigned long size, unsigned long align, unsigned long goal)
{
pg_data_t *pgdat = pgdat_list;
void *ptr;

for_each_pgdat(pgdat)
if ((ptr = __alloc_bootmem_core(pgdat->bdata, size,
- align, goal, limit)))
+ align, goal, 0)))
return(ptr);

/*
@@ -411,15 +410,38 @@
}


-void * __init __alloc_bootmem_node_limit (pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
- unsigned long goal, unsigned long limit)
+void * __init __alloc_bootmem_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
+ unsigned long goal)
{
void *ptr;

- ptr = __alloc_bootmem_core(pgdat->bdata, size, align, goal, limit);
+ ptr = __alloc_bootmem_core(pgdat->bdata, size, align, goal, 0);
if (ptr)
return (ptr);

- return __alloc_bootmem_limit(size, align, goal, limit);
+ return __alloc_bootmem(size, align, goal);
}

+void * __init __alloc_bootmem_low(unsigned long size, unsigned long align, unsigned long goal)
+{
+ pg_data_t *pgdat = pgdat_list;
+ void *ptr;
+
+ for_each_pgdat(pgdat)
+ if ((ptr = __alloc_bootmem_core(pgdat->bdata, size,
+ align, goal, 0x100000000)))
+ return(ptr);
+
+ /*
+ * Whoops, we cannot satisfy the allocation request.
+ */
+ printk(KERN_ALERT "low bootmem alloc of %lu bytes failed!\n", size);
+ panic("Out of low memory");
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+void * __init __alloc_bootmem_low_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size,
+ unsigned long align, unsigned long goal)
+{
+ return __alloc_bootmem_core(pgdat->bdata, size, align, goal, 0x100000000);
+}
-
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