Thread (55 messages) 55 messages, 12 authors, 2019-10-02

Re: [PATCH v2 00/21] Refine memblock API

From: Adam Ford <hidden>
Date: 2019-09-26 19:36:08
Also in: linux-alpha, linux-devicetree, linux-mm, linux-s390, linux-um, xen-devel

On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 11:04 AM Mike Rapoport [off-list ref] wrote:
Hi,

On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 08:09:52AM -0500, Adam Ford wrote:
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On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 10:17 AM Fabio Estevam [off-list ref] wrote:
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On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 9:17 AM Adam Ford [off-list ref] wrote:
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I tried cma=256M and noticed the cma dump at the beginning didn't
change.  Do we need to setup a reserved-memory node like
imx6ul-ccimx6ulsom.dtsi did?
I don't think so.

Were you able to identify what was the exact commit that caused such regression?
I was able to narrow it down the 92d12f9544b7 ("memblock: refactor
internal allocation functions") that caused the regression with
Etnaviv.

Can you please test with this change:
That appears to have fixed my issue.  I am not sure what the impact
is, but is this a safe option?


adam
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diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index 7d4f61a..1f5a0eb 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -1356,9 +1356,6 @@ static phys_addr_t __init memblock_alloc_range_nid(phys_addr_t size,
                align = SMP_CACHE_BYTES;
        }

-       if (end > memblock.current_limit)
-               end = memblock.current_limit;
-
 again:
        found = memblock_find_in_range_node(size, align, start, end, nid,
                                            flags);
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I also noticed that if I create a reserved memory node as was done one
imx6ul-ccimx6ulsom.dtsi the 3D seems to work again, but without it, I
was getting errors regardless of the 'cma=256M' or not.
I don't have a problem using the reserved memory, but I guess I am not
sure what the amount should be.  I know for the video decoding 1080p,
I have historically used cma=128M, but with the 3D also needing some
memory allocation, is that enough or should I use 256M?

adam
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.
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