Re: [4/4] powerpc/mm: Split hash page table sizing heuristic into a helper

From: David Gibson
Date: Tue Mar 01 2016 - 18:25:41 EST


On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 09:21:19AM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> On Tue, 2016-09-02 at 03:32:43 UTC, David Gibson wrote:
> > htab_get_table_size() either retrieve the size of the hash page table (HPT)
> > from the device tree - if the HPT size is determined by firmware - or
> > uses a heuristic to determine a good size based on RAM size if the kernel
> > is responsible for allocating the HPT.
> >
> > To support a PAPR extension allowing resizing of the HPT, we're going to
> > want the memory size -> HPT size logic elsewhere, so split it out into a
> > helper function.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Applied to powerpc next, thanks.
>
> https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/5c3c7ede2bdcb85fa2fd51c814
>
> I reworded one comment a little, from:
>
> /* 2^11 PTEGS / 2^18 bytes is the minimum htab size permitted
> * by the architecture */
>
> to:
> /*
> * 2^11 PTEGS of 128 bytes each, ie. 2^18 bytes is the minimum htab
> * size permitted by the architecture.
> */
>
> To avoid any confusion about the "/" referring to division.

Good call, thanks.

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