[PATCH 13/14] sparc: reword ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER prompt and help text
From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Date: 2023-03-23 09:27:06
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linux-arm-kernel, linux-m68k, linux-mm, linux-sh, lkml, sparclinux
Subsystem:
sparc + ultrasparc (sparc/sparc64), the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Andreas Larsson, Linus Torvalds
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@kernel.org> The prompt and help text of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER are not even close to describe this configuration option. Update both to actually describe what this option does. Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org> --- arch/sparc/Kconfig | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index e3242bf5a8df..959e43a1aaca 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig@@ -270,15 +270,17 @@ config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT def_bool y if SPARC64 config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER - int "Maximum zone order" + int "Order of maximal physically contiguous allocations" default "12" help - The kernel memory allocator divides physically contiguous memory - blocks into "zones", where each zone is a power of two number of - pages. This option selects the largest power of two that the kernel - keeps in the memory allocator. If you need to allocate very large - blocks of physically contiguous memory, then you may need to - increase this value. + The kernel page allocator limits the size of maximal physically + contiguous allocations. The limit is called MAX_ORDER and it + defines the maximal power of two of number of pages that can be + allocated as a single contiguous block. This option allows + overriding the default setting when ability to allocate very + large blocks of physically contiguous memory is required. + + Don't change if unsure. if SPARC64 || COMPILE_TEST source "kernel/power/Kconfig"
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