linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/2] arm64: change from CONT_PMD_SHIFT to CONT_PTE

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Date:   Wed, 14 Dec 2016 14:45:50 +0000
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To:     zhongjiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
Cc:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Robert Richter <rrichter@...ium.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, dwoods@...hip.com,
        Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/2] arm64: change from CONT_PMD_SHIFT to CONT_PTE_SHIFT

On 14 December 2016 at 14:19, zhongjiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com> wrote:
> From: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
>
> I think that CONT_PTE_SHIFT is more reasonable even if they are some
> value. and the patch is not any functional change.
>

This may be the case for 64k pages, but not for 16k pages, and I
actually think add_default_hugepagesz() could be made unconditional,
given that both 64k on 4k kernels and 2 MB on 16k kernels are useful
hugepage sizes that are not otherwise available by default.

> Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>

Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>

> ---
>  arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
> index 2e49bd2..0a4c97b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
> @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static __init int setup_hugepagesz(char *opt)
>  static __init int add_default_hugepagesz(void)
>  {
>         if (size_to_hstate(CONT_PTES * PAGE_SIZE) == NULL)
> -               hugetlb_add_hstate(CONT_PMD_SHIFT);
> +               hugetlb_add_hstate(CONT_PTE_SHIFT);
>         return 0;
>  }
>  arch_initcall(add_default_hugepagesz);
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>