On Mon 31-07-17 14:40:53, Gerald Schaefer wrote:
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> > @@ -247,12 +248,12 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start,
> > unsigned long end, int node)
> > * use large frames even if they are only partially
> > * used.
> > * Otherwise we would have also page tables since
> > - * vmemmap_populate gets called for each section
> > + * __vmemmap_populate gets called for each section
> > * separately. */
> > if (MACHINE_HAS_EDAT1) {
> > void *new_page;
> >
> > - new_page = vmemmap_alloc_block(PMD_SIZE, node);
> > + new_page = __vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PMD_SIZE,
> > node, altmap);
> > if (!new_page)
> > goto out;
> > pmd_val(*pm_dir) = __pa(new_page) | sgt_prot;
>
> There is another call to vmemmap_alloc_block() in this function, a couple
> of lines below, this should also be replaced by __vmemmap_alloc_block_buf().
I've noticed that one but in general I have only transformed PMD
mappings because we shouldn't even get to pte level if the forme works
AFAICS. Memory sections should be always 2MB aligned unless I am missing
something. Or is this not true?
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
