linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] mm/zsmalloc: Prepare to variable MAX_PHYSMEM

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Date:   Sun, 22 Oct 2017 22:25:46 -0700
From:   Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>
To:     Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] mm/zsmalloc: Prepare to variable MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS

On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 8:10 PM, Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 10:59:31PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
>> With boot-time switching between paging mode we will have variable
>> MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS.
>>
>> Let's use the maximum variable possible for CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y
>> configuration to define zsmalloc data structures.
>>
>> The patch introduces MAX_POSSIBLE_PHYSMEM_BITS to cover such case.
>> It also suits well to handle PAE special case.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
>> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>
>> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
>
> Nitin:
>
> I think this patch works and it would be best for Kirill to be able to do.
> So if you have better idea to clean it up, let's make it as another patch
> regardless of this patch series.
>


I was looking into dynamically allocating size_class array to avoid that
compile error, but yes, that can be done in a future patch. So, for this patch:

Reviewed-by: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>