[PATCH 07/14] nios2: reword ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER prompt and help text

Mike Rapoport rppt at kernel.org
Thu Mar 23 20:21:49 AEDT 2023


From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt at kernel.org>

The prompt and help text of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER are not even close to
describe this configuration option.

Update both to actually describe what this option does.

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt at kernel.org>
---
 arch/nios2/Kconfig | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/nios2/Kconfig b/arch/nios2/Kconfig
index 89708b95978c..fcaa6bbda3fc 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/nios2/Kconfig
@@ -45,16 +45,18 @@ menu "Kernel features"
 source "kernel/Kconfig.hz"
 
 config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
-	int "Maximum zone order"
+	int "Order of maximal physically contiguous allocations"
 	range 8 19
 	default "10"
 	help
-	  The kernel memory allocator divides physically contiguous memory
-	  blocks into "zones", where each zone is a power of two number of
-	  pages.  This option selects the largest power of two that the kernel
-	  keeps in the memory allocator.  If you need to allocate very large
-	  blocks of physically contiguous memory, then you may need to
-	  increase this value.
+	  The kernel page allocator limits the size of maximal physically
+	  contiguous allocations. The limit is called MAX_ORDER and it
+	  defines the maximal power of two of number of pages that can be
+	  allocated as a single contiguous block. This option allows
+	  overriding the default setting when ability to allocate very
+	  large blocks of physically contiguous memory is required.
+
+	  Don't change if unsure.
 
 endmenu
 
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2.35.1



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