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Message-ID: <20170726095038.GD2981@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jul 2017 11:50:38 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, ak@...ux.intel.com,
        mtk.manpages@...il.com, Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>,
        khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        aarcange@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] mm:hugetlb:  Define system call hugetlb size
 encodings in single file

On Mon 17-07-17 15:27:59, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> If hugetlb pages are requested in mmap or shmget system calls,  a huge
> page size other than default can be requested.  This is accomplished by
> encoding the log2 of the huge page size in the upper bits of the flag
> argument.  asm-generic and arch specific headers all define the same
> values for these encodings.
> 
> Put common definitions in a single header file.  arch specific code can
> still override if desired.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>

with
s@...ETLB_FLAG_ENCODE__16GB@...ETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_16GB@

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

> ---
>  include/uapi/asm-generic/hugetlb_encode.h | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 include/uapi/asm-generic/hugetlb_encode.h
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/hugetlb_encode.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/hugetlb_encode.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..aa09fc0
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/hugetlb_encode.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
> +#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_HUGETLB_ENCODE_H_
> +#define _ASM_GENERIC_HUGETLB_ENCODE_H_
> +
> +/*
> + * Several system calls take a flag to request "hugetlb" huge pages.
> + * Without further specification, these system calls will use the
> + * system's default huge page size.  If a system supports multiple
> + * huge page sizes, the desired huge page size can be specified in
> + * bits [26:31] of the flag arguments.  The value in these 6 bits
> + * will encode the log2 of the huge page size.
> + *
> + * The following definitions are associated with this huge page size
> + * encoding in flag arguments.  System call specific header files
> + * that use this encoding should include this file.  They can then
> + * provide definitions based on these with their own specific prefix.
> + * for example #define MAP_HUGE_SHIFT HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_SHIFT.
> + */
> +
> +#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_SHIFT	26
> +#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_MASK	0x3f
> +
> +#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_512KB	(19 << MAP_HUGE_SHIFT
> +#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_1MB		(20 << MAP_HUGE_SHIFT)
> +#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_2MB		(21 << MAP_HUGE_SHIFT)
> +#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_8MB		(23 << MAP_HUGE_SHIFT)
> +#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_16MB	(24 << MAP_HUGE_SHIFT)
> +#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_1GB		(30 << MAP_HUGE_SHIFT)
> +#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE__16GB	(34 << MAP_HUGE_SHIFT)
> +
> +#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_HUGETLB_ENCODE_H_ */
> -- 
> 2.7.5
> 

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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