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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt7
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h5
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c52
3 files changed, 64 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index e87bdbfbcc7..844e9a654d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -497,6 +497,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
some critical bits.
+ cmo_free_hint= [PPC] Format: { yes | no }
+ Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
+ when they are freed. This is used in CMO environments
+ to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
+ a hypervisor.
+ Default: yes
+
code_bytes [X86] How many bytes of object code to print
in an oops report.
Range: 0 - 8192
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
index 32cbf16f10e..4940662ee87 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
@@ -231,6 +231,11 @@ extern void copy_user_page(void *to, void *from, unsigned long vaddr,
struct page *p);
extern int page_is_ram(unsigned long pfn);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_SMLPAR
+void arch_free_page(struct page *page, int order);
+#define HAVE_ARCH_FREE_PAGE
+#endif
+
struct vm_area_struct;
typedef struct page *pgtable_t;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
index 52a80e5840e..e3139fa5e55 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
@@ -609,3 +609,55 @@ void __init hpte_init_lpar(void)
ppc_md.flush_hash_range = pSeries_lpar_flush_hash_range;
ppc_md.hpte_clear_all = pSeries_lpar_hptab_clear;
}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_SMLPAR
+#define CMO_FREE_HINT_DEFAULT 1
+static int cmo_free_hint_flag = CMO_FREE_HINT_DEFAULT;
+
+static int __init cmo_free_hint(char *str)
+{
+ char *parm;
+ parm = strstrip(str);
+
+ if (strcasecmp(parm, "no") == 0 || strcasecmp(parm, "off") == 0) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO "cmo_free_hint: CMO free page hinting is not active.\n");
+ cmo_free_hint_flag = 0;
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ cmo_free_hint_flag = 1;
+ printk(KERN_INFO "cmo_free_hint: CMO free page hinting is active.\n");
+
+ if (strcasecmp(parm, "yes") == 0 || strcasecmp(parm, "on") == 0)
+ return 1;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+__setup("cmo_free_hint=", cmo_free_hint);
+
+static void pSeries_set_page_state(struct page *page, int order,
+ unsigned long state)
+{
+ int i, j;
+ unsigned long cmo_page_sz, addr;
+
+ cmo_page_sz = cmo_get_page_size();
+ addr = __pa((unsigned long)page_address(page));
+
+ for (i = 0; i < (1 << order); i++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
+ for (j = 0; j < PAGE_SIZE; j += cmo_page_sz)
+ plpar_hcall_norets(H_PAGE_INIT, state, addr + j, 0);
+ }
+}
+
+void arch_free_page(struct page *page, int order)
+{
+ if (!cmo_free_hint_flag || !firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_CMO))
+ return;
+
+ pSeries_set_page_state(page, order, H_PAGE_SET_UNUSED);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_free_page);
+
+#endif