[PATCH v2 02/14] arm64: drop ranges in definition of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER

Mike Rapoport rppt at kernel.org
Fri Mar 24 16:22:21 AEDT 2023


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

It is not a good idea to change fundamental parameters of core memory
management. Having predefined ranges suggests that the values within
those ranges are sensible, but one has to *really* understand
implications of changing MAX_ORDER before actually amending it and
ranges don't help here.

Drop ranges in definition of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER and make its prompt
visible only if EXPERT=y

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/Kconfig | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index e60baf7859d1..7324032af859 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -1487,11 +1487,9 @@ config XEN
 # 16K |       27          |      14      |       13        |         11         |
 # 64K |       29          |      16      |       13        |         13         |
 config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
-	int "Maximum zone order" if ARM64_4K_PAGES || ARM64_16K_PAGES
+	int "Maximum zone order" if EXPERT && (ARM64_4K_PAGES || ARM64_16K_PAGES)
 	default "13" if ARM64_64K_PAGES
-	range 11 13 if ARM64_16K_PAGES
 	default "11" if ARM64_16K_PAGES
-	range 10 15 if ARM64_4K_PAGES
 	default "10"
 	help
 	  The kernel memory allocator divides physically contiguous memory
-- 
2.35.1



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