Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] mm/mm_init.c: remove the useless dma_reserve

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Tue Mar 26 2024 - 02:45:43 EST


On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 10:56:42PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> Now nobody calls set_dma_reserve() to set value for dma_reserve, remove
> set_dma_reserve(), global variable dma_reserve and the codes using it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> include/linux/mm.h | 1 -
> mm/mm_init.c | 23 -----------------------
> 2 files changed, 24 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index 0436b919f1c7..ad19350e1538 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -3210,7 +3210,6 @@ static inline int early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn)
> extern int __meminit early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn);
> #endif
>
> -extern void set_dma_reserve(unsigned long new_dma_reserve);
> extern void mem_init(void);
> extern void __init mmap_init(void);
>
> diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
> index 549e76af8f82..153fb2dc666f 100644
> --- a/mm/mm_init.c
> +++ b/mm/mm_init.c
> @@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ static unsigned long required_movablecore_percent __initdata;
>
> static unsigned long nr_kernel_pages __initdata;
> static unsigned long nr_all_pages __initdata;
> -static unsigned long dma_reserve __initdata;
>
> static bool deferred_struct_pages __meminitdata;
>
> @@ -1583,12 +1582,6 @@ static void __init free_area_init_core(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
> zone_names[j], memmap_pages, freesize);
> }
>
> - /* Account for reserved pages */
> - if (j == 0 && freesize > dma_reserve) {
> - freesize -= dma_reserve;
> - pr_debug(" %s zone: %lu pages reserved\n", zone_names[0], dma_reserve);
> - }
> -
> if (!is_highmem_idx(j))
> nr_kernel_pages += freesize;
> /* Charge for highmem memmap if there are enough kernel pages */
> @@ -2547,22 +2540,6 @@ void *__init alloc_large_system_hash(const char *tablename,
> return table;
> }
>
> -/**
> - * set_dma_reserve - set the specified number of pages reserved in the first zone
> - * @new_dma_reserve: The number of pages to mark reserved
> - *
> - * The per-cpu batchsize and zone watermarks are determined by managed_pages.
> - * In the DMA zone, a significant percentage may be consumed by kernel image
> - * and other unfreeable allocations which can skew the watermarks badly. This
> - * function may optionally be used to account for unfreeable pages in the
> - * first zone (e.g., ZONE_DMA). The effect will be lower watermarks and
> - * smaller per-cpu batchsize.
> - */
> -void __init set_dma_reserve(unsigned long new_dma_reserve)
> -{
> - dma_reserve = new_dma_reserve;
> -}
> -
> void __init memblock_free_pages(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn,
> unsigned int order)
> {
> --
> 2.41.0
>
>

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.