From patchwork Fri Mar 24 05:22:33 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Mike Rapoport X-Patchwork-Id: 13186456 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66CB5C6FD20 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2023 05:25:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To: Message-Id:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=2chTfd3hi6+BDmxt7XDKGLFKssjk7JK9MVOki2oz2F0=; b=gme8lQRgBE1Cwx E7iJ+3kq7YNlgQrQymYJ63aa2u+uGxf5cU12JFhr5DJu80qvyP+Ez6Q6SaiaLmYA9oVE79xfAh4pF GZqH+wzIUeEX/FF1hMtHmGA2GYTLI4MZ+b0m3iZPMCGOPMPvqeQqlU9es0x+ZV+RL2dMXabioy+uT o79E941K2VeEqc+qaARIWtVEWMtfIZipVGW3w/g1u7OfI+NRRGA5jEHO/keJ51OeciJm6QFDd7dIa BQl8Rx7SVAyinFcgRQC794phHk2kNBqCiH7Wes+NhxRaeiFtvRdgocK2jhP/2Do1pJAh3FiZ7/0Vi yRQAIPJtUbNZDY0SOVgw==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1pfZv4-003aGO-1a; Fri, 24 Mar 2023 05:24:54 +0000 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org ([139.178.84.217]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.96 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1pfZuk-003a1t-2M for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2023 05:24:36 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3BCED6295A; Fri, 24 Mar 2023 05:24:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DD2BAC4339B; Fri, 24 Mar 2023 05:24:26 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1679635473; bh=nw8UNJG7nUuciviQays7D2+1DNRt50wOuGp0YNt2kts=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=A3CqxCMwJfZzwcOy2cHw6Hy5i4tjtq0LLAqlPpMCz7gceY63zG9+sMCnohgsmNBDp BJhwe+zNosK9oTtSQJ6sMo8h6vZQi3bv8P4VussUYnMpuK3aiMI/SN4BS8qQdBSpx1 N4o7L4cp676/LUwaSYP8a8XIhiZKbu5cpIY6aX1ykFXPd7EcB0LPOc/C0J/4Xdezpm 9EkSoLPcIlsQkrS8IVNKy0jHHPFeCeWECsgynPY3be9ACBDzng19Lmp+cOjgPEHoQ5 w6mtefVg74Z8gmKTE2K06WnOiAV3JoECw5bbt0ivWjt7dfAgLQyScbiZeeTkqm48hH er1kCT3TasZWQ== From: Mike Rapoport To: Andrew Morton Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Catalin Marinas , Christophe Leroy , "David S. Miller" , Dinh Nguyen , Geert Uytterhoeven , Guo Ren , John Paul Adrian Glaubitz , "Kirill A. Shutemov" , Max Filippov , Michael Ellerman , Mike Rapoport , Rich Felker , Russell King , Will Deacon , Yoshinori Sato , Zi Yan , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-csky@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v2 14/14] xtensa: reword ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER prompt and help text Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:22:33 +0300 Message-Id: <20230324052233.2654090-15-rppt@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.35.1 In-Reply-To: <20230324052233.2654090-1-rppt@kernel.org> References: <20230324052233.2654090-1-rppt@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20230323_222434_849148_0F2935E4 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 15.26 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" The prompt and help text of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER are not even close to describe this configuration option. Update both to actually describe what this option does. Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) Reviewed-by: Max Filippov Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov --- arch/xtensa/Kconfig | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig index 3eee334ba873..3c6e5471f025 100644 --- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig +++ b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig @@ -772,15 +772,17 @@ config HIGHMEM If unsure, say Y. config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER - int "Maximum zone order" + int "Order of maximal physically contiguous allocations" default "10" help - The kernel memory allocator divides physically contiguous memory - blocks into "zones", where each zone is a power of two number of - pages. This option selects the largest power of two that the kernel - keeps in the memory allocator. If you need to allocate very large - blocks of physically contiguous memory, then you may need to - increase this value. + The kernel page allocator limits the size of maximal physically + contiguous allocations. The limit is called MAX_ORDER and it + defines the maximal power of two of number of pages that can be + allocated as a single contiguous block. This option allows + overriding the default setting when ability to allocate very + large blocks of physically contiguous memory is required. + + Don't change if unsure. endmenu