[PATCH -V2 1/4] mm/cma: Move dma contiguous changes into a seperate config
Michal Nazarewicz
mina86 at mina86.com
Mon Jul 1 21:52:02 EST 2013
On Fri, Jun 28 2013, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> We want to use CMA for allocating hash page table and real mode area for
> PPC64. Hence move DMA contiguous related changes into a seperate config
> so that ppc64 can enable CMA without requiring DMA contiguous.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86 at mina86.com>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
> index 07abd9d..74b7c98 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
> @@ -202,11 +202,10 @@ config DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
> APIs extension; the file's descriptor can then be passed on to other
> driver.
>
> -config CMA
> - bool "Contiguous Memory Allocator"
> - depends on HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS && HAVE_MEMBLOCK
> - select MIGRATION
> - select MEMORY_ISOLATION
> +config DMA_CMA
> + bool "DMA Contiguous Memory Allocator"
> + depends on HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS
> + select CMA
Just to be on the safe side, I'd add
depends on HAVE_MEMBLOCK
or change this so that it does not select CMA but depends on CMA.
> help
> This enables the Contiguous Memory Allocator which allows drivers
> to allocate big physically-contiguous blocks of memory for use with
> @@ -215,17 +214,7 @@ config CMA
> For more information see <include/linux/dma-contiguous.h>.
> If unsure, say "n".
>
> -if CMA
> -
> -config CMA_DEBUG
> - bool "CMA debug messages (DEVELOPMENT)"
> - depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
> - help
> - Turns on debug messages in CMA. This produces KERN_DEBUG
> - messages for every CMA call as well as various messages while
> - processing calls such as dma_alloc_from_contiguous().
> - This option does not affect warning and error messages.
> -
> +if DMA_CMA
> comment "Default contiguous memory area size:"
>
> config CMA_SIZE_MBYTES
> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h b/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
> index 01b5c84..00141d3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
> @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct cma;
> struct page;
> struct device;
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_CMA
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DMA_CMA
>
> /*
> * There is always at least global CMA area and a few optional device
> diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
> index e742d06..26a5f81 100644
> --- a/mm/Kconfig
> +++ b/mm/Kconfig
> @@ -477,3 +477,27 @@ config FRONTSWAP
> and swap data is stored as normal on the matching swap device.
>
> If unsure, say Y to enable frontswap.
> +
> +config CMA
> + bool "Contiguous Memory Allocator"
> + depends on HAVE_MEMBLOCK
> + select MIGRATION
> + select MEMORY_ISOLATION
> + help
> + This enables the Contiguous Memory Allocator which allows other
> + subsystems to allocate big physically-contiguous blocks of memory.
> + CMA reserves a region of memory and allows only movable pages to
> + be allocated from it. This way, the kernel can use the memory for
> + pagecache and when a subsystem requests for contiguous area, the
> + allocated pages are migrated away to serve the contiguous request.
> +
> + If unsure, say "n".
> +
> +config CMA_DEBUG
> + bool "CMA debug messages (DEVELOPMENT)"
> + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && CMA
> + help
> + Turns on debug messages in CMA. This produces KERN_DEBUG
> + messages for every CMA call as well as various messages while
> + processing calls such as dma_alloc_from_contiguous().
> + This option does not affect warning and error messages.
> --
> 1.8.1.2
>
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