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2007-12-19[IA64] make flush_tlb_kernel_range() an inline functionJan Beulich
This fixes an unused variable warning in mm/vmalloc.c. Tony: also fix resulting fallout in uncached.c with a typo in args to flush_tlb_kernel_range(). Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2007-10-16Memoryless nodes: Uncached allocator updatesChristoph Lameter
The checks for node_online in the uncached allocator are made to make sure that memory is available on these nodes. Thus switch all the checks to use N_HIGH_MEMORY and to N_ONLINE. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com> Acked-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Acked-by: Bob Picco <bob.picco@hp.com> Cc: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@skynet.ie> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2006-09-26[PATCH] Define easier to handle GFP_THISNODEChristoph Lameter
In many places we will need to use the same combination of flags. Specify a single GFP_THISNODE definition for ease of use in gfp.h. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-26[PATCH] Guarantee that the uncached allocator gets pages on the correct nodeChristoph Lameter
The uncached allocator manages per node pools. Specify __GFP_THISNODE in order to force allocation on the indicated node or fail. The uncached allocator has already logic to deal with failing allocations. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-08-04[IA64] make uncached allocator more node awareDean Nelson
The uncached allocator has a function, uncached_get_new_chunk(), that needs to be serialized on a per node basis. It also has a global variable, allocated_granules, which should be defined on a per node basis and protected by that serialization. Additionally, all error returns from functions called (like ia64_pal_mc_drain()) should be handled appropriately. Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com> Acked-by: Jes Sorenson <jes@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2006-06-23[PATCH] change gen_pool allocator to not touch managed memoryDean Nelson
Modify the gen_pool allocator (lib/genalloc.c) to utilize a bitmap scheme instead of the buddy scheme. The purpose of this change is to eliminate the touching of the actual memory being allocated. Since the change modifies the interface, a change to the uncached allocator (arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c) is also required. Both Andrey Volkov and Jes Sorenson have expressed a desire that the gen_pool allocator not write to the memory being managed. See the following: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113518602713125&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113533568827916&w=2 Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com> Cc: Andrey Volkov <avolkov@varma-el.com> Acked-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@trained-monkey.org> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-19[IA64] eliminate softlockup warningJohn Hawkes
Fix an unnecessary softlockup watchdog warning in the ia64 uncached_build_memmap() that occurs occasionally at 256p and always at 512p. The problem occurs at boot time. Signed-off-by: John Hawkes <hawkes@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-12-16[IA64] uncached ref count leakJes Sorensen
Use raw_smp_processor_id() instead of get_cpu() as we don't need the extra features of get_cpu(). Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@trained-monkey.org> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-09-08[IA64] simplified efi memory map parsingTony Luck
New version leaves the original memory map unmodified. Also saves any granule trimmings for use by the uncached memory allocator. Inspired by Khalid Aziz (various traces of his patch still remain). Fixes to uncached_build_memmap() and sn2 testing by Martin Hicks. Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-08-31[IA64] uncached allocator: use generic (not sn2 specific) functionsMartin Hicks
Change sn2-specific calls into generic functions. Without this change the uncached allocator will not work on non-sn2 platforms. Signed-off-by: Greg Edwards <edwardsg@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Hicks <mort@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-06-21[PATCH] ia64 uncached allocJes Sorensen
This patch contains the ia64 uncached page allocator and the generic allocator (genalloc). The uncached allocator was formerly part of the SN2 mspec driver but there are several other users of it so it has been split off from the driver. The generic allocator can be used by device driver to manage special memory etc. The generic allocator is based on the allocator from the sym53c8xx_2 driver. Various users on ia64 needs uncached memory. The SGI SN architecture requires it for inter-partition communication between partitions within a large NUMA cluster. The specific user for this is the XPC code. Another application is large MPI style applications which use it for synchronization, on SN this can be done using special 'fetchop' operations but it also benefits non SN hardware which may use regular uncached memory for this purpose. Performance of doing this through uncached vs cached memory is pretty substantial. This is handled by the mspec driver which I will push out in a seperate patch. Rather than creating a specific allocator for just uncached memory I came up with genalloc which is a generic purpose allocator that can be used by device drivers and other subsystems as they please. For instance to handle onboard device memory. It was derived from the sym53c7xx_2 driver's allocator which is also an example of a potential user (I am refraining from modifying sym2 right now as it seems to have been under fairly heavy development recently). On ia64 memory has various properties within a granule, ie. it isn't safe to access memory as uncached within the same granule as currently has memory accessed in cached mode. The regular system therefore doesn't utilize memory in the lower granules which is mixed in with device PAL code etc. The uncached driver walks the EFI memmap and pulls out the spill uncached pages and sticks them into the uncached pool. Only after these chunks have been utilized, will it start converting regular cached memory into uncached memory. Hence the reason for the EFI related code additions. Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@wildopensource.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>