Message ID | 20200609113909.17236-1-sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com (mailing list archive) |
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State | Changes Requested |
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Series | powerpc/pseries/svm: Fixup align argument in alloc_shared_lppaca() function | expand |
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Satheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes: > Argument "align" in alloc_shared_lppaca() function was unused inside the > function. Let's fix it and update code comment. > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Cc: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.ibm.com> > Cc: Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com> > Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > Cc: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.ibm.com> > Signed-off-by: Satheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > --- > arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c | 11 +++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Nice. I agree it's a good code cleanup. Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.ibm.com>
Satheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes: > Argument "align" in alloc_shared_lppaca() function was unused inside the > function. Let's fix it and update code comment. I think it would be better to drop the align argument entirely and keep that logic, and the comment, internal to alloc_shared_lppaca(). cheers
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c index 8d96169c597e..9088e107fb43 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static void *__init alloc_shared_lppaca(unsigned long size, unsigned long align, shared_lppaca = memblock_alloc_try_nid(shared_lppaca_total_size, - PAGE_SIZE, MEMBLOCK_LOW_LIMIT, + align, MEMBLOCK_LOW_LIMIT, limit, NUMA_NO_NODE); if (!shared_lppaca) panic("cannot allocate shared data"); @@ -122,7 +122,14 @@ static struct lppaca * __init new_lppaca(int cpu, unsigned long limit) return NULL; if (is_secure_guest()) - lp = alloc_shared_lppaca(LPPACA_SIZE, 0x400, limit, cpu); + /* + * See Documentation/powerpc/ultravisor.rst for mode details + * + * UV/HV data share is in PAGE granularity, In order to minimize + * the number of pages shared and maximize the use of a page, + * let's use page align. + */ + lp = alloc_shared_lppaca(LPPACA_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE, limit, cpu); else lp = alloc_paca_data(LPPACA_SIZE, 0x400, limit, cpu);
Argument "align" in alloc_shared_lppaca() function was unused inside the function. Let's fix it and update code comment. Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com> Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Satheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)