linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] lib: stackdepot: Add support to configure STACK_HASH

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Date:   Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:40:54 +0100
From:   Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
To:     Vijayanand Jitta <vjitta@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        dan.j.williams@...el.com, broonie@...nel.org,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>, qcai@...hat.com,
        ylal@...eaurora.org, vinmenon@...eaurora.org,
        kasan-dev <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] lib: stackdepot: Add support to configure STACK_HASH_SIZE

>
> Michan, We would still need config option so that we can reduce the
> memory consumption on low ram devices using config.
>
> Alex, On this,
> "I also suppose device vendors may prefer setting a fixed (maybe
> non-default) hash size for low-memory devices rather than letting the
> admins increase it."
> I see kernel param swiotlb does similar thing i.e; '0' to disable and
> set a value to configure size.
>
> I am fine with either of the approaches,
>
> 1. I can split this patch into two
>    i)  A bool variable to enable/disable stack depot.
>    ii) A config for the size.

I still believe this is a more appropriate solution.

Thanks in advance!