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Message-ID: <1f116bc8-ce32-c746-3e7d-4fbd1ab33d3c@oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:59:20 -0800
From: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/admin-guide: kernel-parameters: update
CMA entries
On 1/24/21 8:32 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Add qualifying build option legend [CMA] to kernel boot options
> that requirce CMA support to be enabled for them to be usable.
>
> Also capitalize 'CMA' when it is used as an acronym.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
> ---
> v2: rebase & resend
>
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Thanks,
Acked-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
--
Mike Kravetz
>
> --- linux-next-20210122.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ linux-next-20210122/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -631,7 +631,7 @@
> kernel/dma/contiguous.c
>
> cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
> - [ARM64,KNL]
> + [ARM64,KNL,CMA]
> Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
> contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
> per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
> @@ -1556,12 +1556,12 @@
> hpet_mmap= [X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
> registers. Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
>
> - hugetlb_cma= [HW] The size of a cma area used for allocation
> + hugetlb_cma= [HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
> of gigantic hugepages.
> Format: nn[KMGTPE]
>
> - Reserve a cma area of given size and allocate gigantic
> - hugepages using the cma allocator. If enabled, the
> + Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
> + hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
> boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
>
> hugepages= [HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
>
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