Re: [PATCH 02/14] arm64: drop ranges in definition of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER

[Zi Yan]

On 23 Mar 2023, at 6:37, Mike Rapoport wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 10:15:33AM +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 11:21:44AM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>>> From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  arch/arm64/Kconfig | 2 --
>>>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>>> index e60baf7859d1..bab6483e4317 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>>> @@ -1489,9 +1489,7 @@ config XEN
>>>  config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
>>>  	int "Maximum zone order" if 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"
>>
>> I don't mind rewriting the help text as in the subsequent patch but I'd
>> keep the ranges as a safety measure. It's less wasted time explaining to
>> people why some random max order doesn't work. Alternatively, we can
>> drop the ranges but make this option configurable only if EXPERT.
>
> I like the EXPERT alternative more. I'll add it in v2.

I got an error report from kernel test robot, which set -1 to ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
via random config generator[1].

Does the EXPERT option prevent kernel test robot from generating such config?
Or we should fix random config generator?

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/91E887E4-0867-421F-9C75-FB9CFF15C33A@xxxxxxxxxx/


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Best Regards,
Yan, Zi

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