Re: [PATCH 2/3] sparc64: implement page mapping percpu first chunkallocator

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Sep 28 2009 - 17:36:46 EST


From: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:56:32 +0900

> Implement page mapping percpu first chunk allocator as a fallback to
> the embedding allocator. The next patch will make the embedding
> allocator check distances between units to determine whether it fits
> within the vmalloc area so that this fallback can be used on such
> cases.
>
> sparc64 currently has relatively small vmalloc area which makes it
> impossible to create any dynamic chunks on certain configurations
> leading to percpu allocation failures. This and the next patch should
> allow those configurations to keep working until proper solution is
> found.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> David, can you please ack this after reviewing?

Tejun I am testing out the following patch which will make these
patches of your's basically unnecessary:

diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
index 0ff92fa..f3cb790 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
#define LOW_OBP_ADDRESS _AC(0x00000000f0000000,UL)
#define HI_OBP_ADDRESS _AC(0x0000000100000000,UL)
#define VMALLOC_START _AC(0x0000000100000000,UL)
-#define VMALLOC_END _AC(0x0000000200000000,UL)
-#define VMEMMAP_BASE _AC(0x0000000200000000,UL)
+#define VMALLOC_END _AC(0x0000010000000000,UL)
+#define VMEMMAP_BASE _AC(0x0000010000000000,UL)

#define vmemmap ((struct page *)VMEMMAP_BASE)

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/ktlb.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/ktlb.S
index 3ea6e8c..1d36147 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/ktlb.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/ktlb.S
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ kvmap_dtlb_nonlinear:

#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
/* Do not use the TSB for vmemmap. */
- mov (VMEMMAP_BASE >> 24), %g5
- sllx %g5, 24, %g5
+ mov (VMEMMAP_BASE >> 40), %g5
+ sllx %g5, 40, %g5
cmp %g4,%g5
bgeu,pn %xcc, kvmap_vmemmap
nop
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ kvmap_dtlb_tsbmiss:
sethi %hi(MODULES_VADDR), %g5
cmp %g4, %g5
blu,pn %xcc, kvmap_dtlb_longpath
- mov (VMALLOC_END >> 24), %g5
- sllx %g5, 24, %g5
+ mov (VMALLOC_END >> 40), %g5
+ sllx %g5, 40, %g5
cmp %g4, %g5
bgeu,pn %xcc, kvmap_dtlb_longpath
nop
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