x86, mm: Allow ZONE_DMA to be configurable

ZONE_DMA is unnecessary for a large number of machines that do not
require less than 32-bit DMA addressing, e.g. ISA legacy DMA or PCI
cards with a restricted DMA address mask.

This patch allows users to disable ZONE_DMA for x86 if they know they
will not be using such devices with their kernel.

This prevents the VM from unnecessarily reserving a ratio of memory
(defaulting to 1/256th of system capacity) with lowmem_reserve_ratio
for such allocations when it will never be used.
Signed-off-by: NDavid Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.00.1105161353560.4353@chino.kir.corp.google.comSigned-off-by: NH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>

arch/x86/Kconfig

@@ -112,7 +112,14 @@ config MMU
 	def_bool y
 
 config ZONE_DMA
-	def_bool y
+	bool "DMA memory allocation support" if EXPERT
+	default y
+	help
+	  DMA memory allocation support allows devices with less than 32-bit
+	  addressing to allocate within the first 16MB of address space.
+	  Disable if no such devices will be used.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
 
 config SBUS
 	bool

arch/x86/mm/init_32.c

@@ -678,8 +678,10 @@ static void __init zone_sizes_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned long max_zone_pfns[MAX_NR_ZONES];
 	memset(max_zone_pfns, 0, sizeof(max_zone_pfns));
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
 	max_zone_pfns[ZONE_DMA] =
 		virt_to_phys((char *)MAX_DMA_ADDRESS) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+#endif
 	max_zone_pfns[ZONE_NORMAL] = max_low_pfn;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 	max_zone_pfns[ZONE_HIGHMEM] = highend_pfn;

arch/x86/mm/init_64.c

@@ -616,7 +616,9 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 	unsigned long max_zone_pfns[MAX_NR_ZONES];
 
 	memset(max_zone_pfns, 0, sizeof(max_zone_pfns));
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
 	max_zone_pfns[ZONE_DMA] = MAX_DMA_PFN;
+#endif
 	max_zone_pfns[ZONE_DMA32] = MAX_DMA32_PFN;
 	max_zone_pfns[ZONE_NORMAL] = max_pfn;