linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/10] percpu: make 4k first chunk allocator map memory

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Date:	Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:12:53 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, andi@...stfloor.org,
	hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] percpu: make 4k first chunk allocator map memory

Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:

> +	pr_info("PERCPU: %d 4k pages per cpu, static data %zu bytes\n",
> +		pcpu4k_unit_pages, static_size);

It occurs to me that this is may include a bad assumption.  Page size need not
be 4K.  I don't know that it matters, but looking at this:

> +	vm.size = num_possible_cpus() * pcpu4k_unit_pages << PAGE_SHIFT;
> +	vm_area_register_early(&vm, PAGE_SIZE);

It might.

David
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