[RFC PATCH] powerpc/mm/radix: Update pte fragment count from 16 to 256 on radix

Aneesh Kumar K.V aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Feb 12 19:49:11 AEDT 2018


This needs more performance test. But right now we are wasting lot of space
in the level 4 page table.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-64k.h  | 9 ++++-----
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix-64k.h | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-64k.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-64k.h
index 3bcf269f8f55..688f9018302e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-64k.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-64k.h
@@ -24,16 +24,15 @@
 
 /* PTE flags to conserve for HPTE identification */
 #define _PAGE_HPTEFLAGS (H_PAGE_BUSY | H_PAGE_HASHPTE | H_PAGE_COMBO)
-/*
- * we support 16 fragments per PTE page of 64K size.
- */
-#define H_PTE_FRAG_NR	16
 /*
  * We use a 2K PTE page fragment and another 2K for storing
  * real_pte_t hash index
  */
 #define H_PTE_FRAG_SIZE_SHIFT  12
-#define PTE_FRAG_SIZE (1UL << PTE_FRAG_SIZE_SHIFT)
+/*
+ * we support 16 fragments per PTE page of 64K size.
+ */
+#define H_PTE_FRAG_NR	(PAGE_SIZE >> RADIX_PTE_FRAG_SIZE_SHIFT)
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 #include <asm/errno.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix-64k.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix-64k.h
index c7e71ba29555..8029732bb6c4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix-64k.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix-64k.h
@@ -10,4 +10,12 @@
 #define RADIX_PUD_INDEX_SIZE	 9
 #define RADIX_PGD_INDEX_SIZE  13
 
+/*
+ * We use a 256 byte PTE page fragment in radix
+ */
+#define RADIX_PTE_FRAG_SIZE_SHIFT  8
+/*
+ * we support 16 fragments per PTE page of 64K size.
+ */
+#define RADIX_PTE_FRAG_NR	(PAGE_SIZE >> RADIX_PTE_FRAG_SIZE_SHIFT)
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_PGTABLE_RADIX_64K_H */
-- 
2.14.3



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