Re: [PATCH] irqchip/gic-v3-its: cap lpi_id_bits to reduce memory footprint

[Jia He]

On 8/28/2018 4:58 PM, Marc Zyngier Wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 05:53:26 +0100,
> Jia He <hejianet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> In commit fe8e93504ce8 ("irqchip/gic-v3-its: Use full range of LPIs"),
>> it removes the cap for lpi_id_bits. But it will cause more pointless
>> memory footprint.
>>
>> There is a WARN_ON when my QDF2400 server boots up (pagesize is 4k)
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>> In its_alloc_lpi_tables, lpi_id_bits is 24 in QDF2400. Then
>> its_allocate_prop_table will try to allocate 16M(order 12 if
>> pagesize=4k). Thus it causes the WARN_ON.
>>
>> As said by Marc,
>> Capping lpi_id_bits at 16 (which is what we had before) is plenty,
>> will save a some memory, and gives some margin before we need to push
>> it up again.
>>
>> This patch re-caps the lpi_id_bits.
>>
>> Fixes: fe8e93504ce8 ("irqchip/gic-v3-its: Use full range of LPIs")
>> Signed-off-by: Jia He <jia.he@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Suggested-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Thanks for doing this. Small problem with this patch:
> 
> The email comes from hejianet@xxxxxxxxx, while the sign off is by
> jia.he@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your email should start with a:
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> 	From: Jia He <jia.he@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 

Thanks for the pointing. And sorry for that problem.

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Cheers,
Jia
> Other than that:
> 
> Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Thomas, would you mind picking this up so that it gets into the next
> convenient -rc?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	M. (/me goes back hiking...)
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