1. 01 3月, 2009 1 次提交
  2. 26 2月, 2009 2 次提交
  3. 25 2月, 2009 14 次提交
  4. 24 2月, 2009 13 次提交
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      percpu: add __read_mostly to variables which are mostly read only · 40150d37
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Most global variables in percpu allocator are initialized during boot
      and read only from that point on.  Add __read_mostly as per Rusty's
      suggestion.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
      40150d37
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      x86: add remapping percpu first chunk allocator · 8ac83757
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Impact: add better first percpu allocation for NUMA
      
      On NUMA, embedding allocator can't be used as different units can't be
      made to fall in the correct NUMA nodes.  To use large page mapping,
      each unit needs to be remapped.  However, percpu areas are usually
      much smaller than large page size and unused space hurts a lot as the
      number of cpus grow.  This allocator remaps large pages for each chunk
      but gives back unused part to the bootmem allocator making the large
      pages mapped twice.
      
      This adds slightly to the TLB pressure but is much better than using
      4k mappings while still being NUMA-friendly.
      
      Ingo suggested that this would be the correct approach for NUMA.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
      8ac83757
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      x86: add embedding percpu first chunk allocator · 89c92151
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Impact: add better first percpu allocation for !NUMA
      
      On !NUMA, we can simply allocate contiguous memory and use it for the
      first chunk without mapping it into vmalloc area.  As the memory area
      is covered by the large page physical memory mapping, it allows the
      dynamic perpcu allocator to not add any TLB overhead for the static
      percpu area and whatever falls into the first chunk and the
      implementation is very simple too.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      89c92151
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      x86: separate out setup_pcpu_4k() from setup_per_cpu_areas() · 5f5d8405
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Impact: modularize percpu first chunk allocation
      
      x86 is gonna have a few different strategies for the first chunk
      allocation.  Modularize it by separating out the current allocation
      mechanism into pcpu_alloc_bootmem() and setup_pcpu_4k().
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      5f5d8405
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      percpu: give more latitude to arch specific first chunk initialization · 8d408b4b
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Impact: more latitude for first percpu chunk allocation
      
      The first percpu chunk serves the kernel static percpu area and may or
      may not contain extra room for further dynamic allocation.
      Initialization of the first chunk needs to be done before normal
      memory allocation service is up, so it has its own init path -
      pcpu_setup_static().
      
      It seems archs need more latitude while initializing the first chunk
      for example to take advantage of large page mapping.  This patch makes
      the following changes to allow this.
      
      * Define PERCPU_DYNAMIC_RESERVE to give arch hint about how much space
        to reserve in the first chunk for further dynamic allocation.
      
      * Rename pcpu_setup_static() to pcpu_setup_first_chunk().
      
      * Make pcpu_setup_first_chunk() much more flexible by fetching page
        pointer by callback and adding optional @unit_size, @free_size and
        @base_addr arguments which allow archs to selectively part of chunk
        initialization to their likings.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      8d408b4b
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      percpu: remove unit_size power-of-2 restriction · d9b55eeb
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Impact: allow unit_size to be arbitrary multiple of PAGE_SIZE
      
      In dynamic percpu allocator, there is no reason the unit size should
      be power of two.  Remove the restriction.
      
      As non-power-of-two unit size means that empty chunks fall into the
      same slot index as lightly occupied chunks which is bad for reclaming.
      Reserve an extra slot for empty chunks.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      d9b55eeb
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      x86: update populate_extra_pte() and add populate_extra_pmd() · 458a3e64
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Impact: minor change to populate_extra_pte() and addition of pmd flavor
      
      Update populate_extra_pte() to return pointer to the pte_t for the
      specified address and add populate_extra_pmd() which only populates
      till the pmd and returns pointer to the pmd entry for the address.
      
      For 64bit, pud/pmd/pte fill functions are separated out from
      set_pte_vaddr[_pud]() and used for set_pte_vaddr[_pud]() and
      populate_extra_{pte|pmd}().
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      458a3e64
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      vmalloc: add @align to vm_area_register_early() · c0c0a293
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Impact: allow larger alignment for early vmalloc area allocation
      
      Some early vmalloc users might want larger alignment, for example, for
      custom large page mapping.  Add @align to vm_area_register_early().
      While at it, drop docbook comment on non-existent @size.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
      Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
      c0c0a293
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      bootmem: reorder interface functions and add a missing one · 2d0aae41
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Impact: cleanup and addition of missing interface wrapper
      
      The interface functions in bootmem.h was ordered in not so orderly
      manner.  Reorder them such that
      
      * functions allocating the same area group together -
        ie. alloc_bootmem group and alloc_bootmem_low group.
      
      * functions w/o node parameter come before the ones w/ node parameter.
      
      * nopanic variants are immediately below their panicky counterparts.
      
      While at it, add alloc_bootmem_pages_node_nopanic() which was missing.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@saeurebad.de>
      2d0aae41
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      bootmem: clean up arch-specific bootmem wrapping · c1329375
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Impact: cleaner and consistent bootmem wrapping
      
      By setting CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM_NODE, archs can define
      arch-specific wrappers for bootmem allocation.  However, this is done
      a bit strangely in that only the high level convenience macros can be
      changed while lower level, but still exported, interface functions
      can't be wrapped.  This not only is messy but also leads to strange
      situation where alloc_bootmem() does what the arch wants it to do but
      the equivalent __alloc_bootmem() call doesn't although they should be
      able to be used interchangeably.
      
      This patch updates bootmem such that archs can override / wrap the
      backend function - alloc_bootmem_core() instead of the highlevel
      interface functions to allow simpler and consistent wrapping.  Also,
      HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM_NODE is renamed to HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@saeurebad.de>
      c1329375
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      percpu: fix pcpu_chunk_struct_size · cb83b42e
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Impact: fix short allocation leading to memory corruption
      
      While dropping rvalue wrapping macros around global parameters,
      pcpu_chunk_struct_size was set incorrectly resulting in shorter page
      pointer array.  Fix it.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      cb83b42e
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      x86, doc: fix references to Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt · 954a8b81
      Kyle McMartin 提交于
      Impact: Documentation fix
      
      The amazing dancing boot.txt file has jumped places again.  It should
      never have been in Documentation/x86/i386, since it never was
      32-bit-specific, but it unfortunately ended up there for a while.
      Signed-off-by: NKyle McMartin <kyle@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: NH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
      954a8b81
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      x86: minor cleanup in the espfix code · bda3a897
      Stas Sergeev 提交于
      Impact: Cleanup
      
      Checkin be44d2aa eliminates the use of
      a 16-bit stack for espfix.  However, at least one instruction remained
      that only operated on the low 16 bits of %esp.
      
      This is not a bug per se because the kernel stack is always an aligned
      4K or 8K block.  Therefore it cannot cross 64K boundaries; this code,
      in fact, relies strictly on that fact.
      
      However, it's a lot cleaner (and, for that matter, smaller) to operate
      on the entire 32-bit register.
      Signed-off-by: NStas Sergeev <stsp@aknet.ru>
      CC: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
      CC: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: NH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
      bda3a897
  5. 23 2月, 2009 10 次提交