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Message-Id: <20200609113909.17236-1-sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue,  9 Jun 2020 17:09:09 +0530
From:   Satheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     Satheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Ram Pai <linuxram@...ibm.com>,
        Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries/svm: Fixup align argument in alloc_shared_lppaca() function

Argument "align" in alloc_shared_lppaca() function was unused inside the
function. Let's fix it and update code comment.

Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: Ram Pai <linuxram@...ibm.com>
Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Satheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
index 8d96169c597e..9088e107fb43 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static void *__init alloc_shared_lppaca(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 
 		shared_lppaca =
 			memblock_alloc_try_nid(shared_lppaca_total_size,
-					       PAGE_SIZE, MEMBLOCK_LOW_LIMIT,
+					       align, MEMBLOCK_LOW_LIMIT,
 					       limit, NUMA_NO_NODE);
 		if (!shared_lppaca)
 			panic("cannot allocate shared data");
@@ -122,7 +122,14 @@ static struct lppaca * __init new_lppaca(int cpu, unsigned long limit)
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (is_secure_guest())
-		lp = alloc_shared_lppaca(LPPACA_SIZE, 0x400, limit, cpu);
+		/*
+		 * See Documentation/powerpc/ultravisor.rst for mode details
+		 *
+		 * UV/HV data share is in PAGE granularity, In order to minimize
+		 * the number of pages shared and maximize the use of a page,
+		 * let's use page align.
+		 */
+		lp = alloc_shared_lppaca(LPPACA_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE, limit, cpu);
 	else
 		lp = alloc_paca_data(LPPACA_SIZE, 0x400, limit, cpu);
 
-- 
2.26.2

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