Thread (2 messages) flat view 2 messages, 2 authors, 2018-12-22

Re: powerpc: use mm zones more sensibly

From: Michael Ellerman <hidden>
Date: 2018-12-22 10:33:08

On Sun, 2018-12-16 at 16:53:49 UTC, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
Powerpc has somewhat odd usage where ZONE_DMA is used for all memory on
common 64-bit configfs, and ZONE_DMA32 is used for 31-bit schemes.

Move to a scheme closer to what other architectures use (and I dare to
say the intent of the system):

 - ZONE_DMA: optionally for memory < 31-bit (64-bit embedded only)
 - ZONE_NORMAL: everything addressable by the kernel
 - ZONE_HIGHMEM: memory > 32-bit for 32-bit kernels

Also provide information on how ZONE_DMA is used by defining
ARCH_ZONE_DMA_BITS.

Contains various fixes from Benjamin Herrenschmidt.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/25078dc1f74be16b858e914f52cc8f

cheers
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