Thread (19 messages) 19 messages, 6 authors, 2025-08-25

Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] powerpc/32: Automatically adapt TASK_SIZE based on constraints

From: David Laight <hidden>
Date: 2025-08-22 12:07:27
Also in: linux-block, linux-fsdevel, linux-mm, lkml

On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:58:05 +0200
Christophe Leroy [off-list ref] wrote:
At the time being, TASK_SIZE can be customized by the user via Kconfig
but it is not possible to check all constraints in Kconfig. Impossible
setups are detected at compile time with BUILD_BUG() but that leads
to build failure when setting crazy values. It is not a problem on its
own because the user will usually either use the default value or set
a well thought value. However build robots generate crazy random
configs that lead to build failures, and build robots see it as a
regression every time a patch adds such a constraint.

So instead of failing the build when the custom TASK_SIZE is too
big, just adjust it to the maximum possible value matching the setup.

Several architectures already calculate TASK_SIZE based on other
parameters and options.

In order to do so, move MODULES_VADDR calculation into task_size_32.h
and ensure that:
- On book3s/32, userspace and module area have their own segments (256M)
- On 8xx, userspace has its own full PGDIR entries (4M)

Then TASK_SIZE is garantied to be correct so remove related
                    ^ guaranteed
BUILD_BUG()s.
  
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