linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] arm64/mm: add fallback option to allocate virtually contiguous memory

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Date:   Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:36:05 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     Sudarshan Rajagopalan <sudaraja@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Gavin Shan <gshan@...hat.com>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Steven Price <steven.price@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] arm64/mm: add fallback option to allocate virtually
 contiguous memory

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 05:51:23PM -0700, Sudarshan Rajagopalan wrote:
> When section mappings are enabled, we allocate vmemmap pages from
> physically continuous memory of size PMD_SIZE using
> vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(). Section mappings are good to reduce TLB
> pressure. But when system is highly fragmented and memory blocks are
> being hot-added at runtime, its possible that such physically continuous
> memory allocations can fail. Rather than failing the memory hot-add
> procedure, add a fallback option to allocate vmemmap pages from
> discontinuous pages using vmemmap_populate_basepages().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudarshan Rajagopalan <sudaraja@...eaurora.org>
> Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> Cc: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Steven Price <steven.price@....com>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Please can you fix the subject? I have three copies of "PATCH v3" from
different days in my inbox. I know it sounds trivial, but getting these
little things right really helps with review, especially when it's sitting
amongst a sea of other patches.

Thanks,

Will