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authorChristoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>2006-09-25 23:31:13 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-09-26 08:48:46 -0700
commit2f1b6248682f8b39ca3c7e549dfc216d26c4109b (patch)
tree2340347d10fd0e564fb8527efe3ffbcb216e1906
parent98d2b0ebda72fc39cdefd3720d50b9b3ce409085 (diff)
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[PATCH] reduce MAX_NR_ZONES: use enum to define zones, reformat and comment
Use enum for zones and reformat zones dependent information Add comments explaning the use of zones and add a zones_t type for zone numbers. Line up information that will be #ifdefd by the following patches. [akpm@osdl.org: comment cleanups] Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mm.h7
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mmzone.h66
-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c24
3 files changed, 69 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 45678b0..2db4229 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ void split_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
#define SECTIONS_MASK ((1UL << SECTIONS_WIDTH) - 1)
#define ZONETABLE_MASK ((1UL << ZONETABLE_SHIFT) - 1)
-static inline unsigned long page_zonenum(struct page *page)
+static inline enum zone_type page_zonenum(struct page *page)
{
return (page->flags >> ZONES_PGSHIFT) & ZONES_MASK;
}
@@ -499,11 +499,12 @@ static inline unsigned long page_to_section(struct page *page)
return (page->flags >> SECTIONS_PGSHIFT) & SECTIONS_MASK;
}
-static inline void set_page_zone(struct page *page, unsigned long zone)
+static inline void set_page_zone(struct page *page, enum zone_type zone)
{
page->flags &= ~(ZONES_MASK << ZONES_PGSHIFT);
page->flags |= (zone & ZONES_MASK) << ZONES_PGSHIFT;
}
+
static inline void set_page_node(struct page *page, unsigned long node)
{
page->flags &= ~(NODES_MASK << NODES_PGSHIFT);
@@ -515,7 +516,7 @@ static inline void set_page_section(struct page *page, unsigned long section)
page->flags |= (section & SECTIONS_MASK) << SECTIONS_PGSHIFT;
}
-static inline void set_page_links(struct page *page, unsigned long zone,
+static inline void set_page_links(struct page *page, enum zone_type zone,
unsigned long node, unsigned long pfn)
{
set_page_zone(page, zone);
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index f45163c..03a5a6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -88,14 +88,53 @@ struct per_cpu_pageset {
#define zone_pcp(__z, __cpu) (&(__z)->pageset[(__cpu)])
#endif
-#define ZONE_DMA 0
-#define ZONE_DMA32 1
-#define ZONE_NORMAL 2
-#define ZONE_HIGHMEM 3
+enum zone_type {
+ /*
+ * ZONE_DMA is used when there are devices that are not able
+ * to do DMA to all of addressable memory (ZONE_NORMAL). Then we
+ * carve out the portion of memory that is needed for these devices.
+ * The range is arch specific.
+ *
+ * Some examples
+ *
+ * Architecture Limit
+ * ---------------------------
+ * parisc, ia64, sparc <4G
+ * s390 <2G
+ * arm26 <48M
+ * arm Various
+ * alpha Unlimited or 0-16MB.
+ *
+ * i386, x86_64 and multiple other arches
+ * <16M.
+ */
+ ZONE_DMA,
+ /*
+ * x86_64 needs two ZONE_DMAs because it supports devices that are
+ * only able to do DMA to the lower 16M but also 32 bit devices that
+ * can only do DMA areas below 4G.
+ */
+ ZONE_DMA32,
+ /*
+ * Normal addressable memory is in ZONE_NORMAL. DMA operations can be
+ * performed on pages in ZONE_NORMAL if the DMA devices support
+ * transfers to all addressable memory.
+ */
+ ZONE_NORMAL,
+ /*
+ * A memory area that is only addressable by the kernel through
+ * mapping portions into its own address space. This is for example
+ * used by i386 to allow the kernel to address the memory beyond
+ * 900MB. The kernel will set up special mappings (page
+ * table entries on i386) for each page that the kernel needs to
+ * access.
+ */
+ ZONE_HIGHMEM,
-#define MAX_NR_ZONES 4 /* Sync this with ZONES_SHIFT */
-#define ZONES_SHIFT 2 /* ceil(log2(MAX_NR_ZONES)) */
+ MAX_NR_ZONES
+};
+#define ZONES_SHIFT 2 /* ceil(log2(MAX_NR_ZONES)) */
/*
* When a memory allocation must conform to specific limitations (such
@@ -126,16 +165,6 @@ struct per_cpu_pageset {
/* #define GFP_ZONETYPES (GFP_ZONEMASK + 1) */ /* Non-loner */
#define GFP_ZONETYPES ((GFP_ZONEMASK + 1) / 2 + 1) /* Loner */
-/*
- * On machines where it is needed (eg PCs) we divide physical memory
- * into multiple physical zones. On a 32bit PC we have 4 zones:
- *
- * ZONE_DMA < 16 MB ISA DMA capable memory
- * ZONE_DMA32 0 MB Empty
- * ZONE_NORMAL 16-896 MB direct mapped by the kernel
- * ZONE_HIGHMEM > 896 MB only page cache and user processes
- */
-
struct zone {
/* Fields commonly accessed by the page allocator */
unsigned long free_pages;
@@ -266,7 +295,6 @@ struct zone {
char *name;
} ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
-
/*
* The "priority" of VM scanning is how much of the queues we will scan in one
* go. A value of 12 for DEF_PRIORITY implies that we will scan 1/4096th of the
@@ -373,12 +401,12 @@ static inline int populated_zone(struct zone *zone)
return (!!zone->present_pages);
}
-static inline int is_highmem_idx(int idx)
+static inline int is_highmem_idx(enum zone_type idx)
{
return (idx == ZONE_HIGHMEM);
}
-static inline int is_normal_idx(int idx)
+static inline int is_normal_idx(enum zone_type idx)
{
return (idx == ZONE_NORMAL);
}
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 13c102b..2410a3c 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
* TBD: should special case ZONE_DMA32 machines here - in those we normally
* don't need any ZONE_NORMAL reservation
*/
-int sysctl_lowmem_reserve_ratio[MAX_NR_ZONES-1] = { 256, 256, 32 };
+int sysctl_lowmem_reserve_ratio[MAX_NR_ZONES-1] = {
+ 256,
+ 256,
+ 32
+};
EXPORT_SYMBOL(totalram_pages);
@@ -79,7 +83,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(totalram_pages);
struct zone *zone_table[1 << ZONETABLE_SHIFT] __read_mostly;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(zone_table);
-static char *zone_names[MAX_NR_ZONES] = { "DMA", "DMA32", "Normal", "HighMem" };
+static char *zone_names[MAX_NR_ZONES] = {
+ "DMA",
+ "DMA32",
+ "Normal",
+ "HighMem"
+};
+
int min_free_kbytes = 1024;
unsigned long __meminitdata nr_kernel_pages;
@@ -1487,7 +1497,9 @@ static void __meminit build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
static void __meminit build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
{
- int i, j, k, node, local_node;
+ int i, node, local_node;
+ enum zone_type k;
+ enum zone_type j;
local_node = pgdat->node_id;
for (i = 0; i < GFP_ZONETYPES; i++) {
@@ -1675,8 +1687,8 @@ void zone_init_free_lists(struct pglist_data *pgdat, struct zone *zone,
}
#define ZONETABLE_INDEX(x, zone_nr) ((x << ZONES_SHIFT) | zone_nr)
-void zonetable_add(struct zone *zone, int nid, int zid, unsigned long pfn,
- unsigned long size)
+void zonetable_add(struct zone *zone, int nid, enum zone_type zid,
+ unsigned long pfn, unsigned long size)
{
unsigned long snum = pfn_to_section_nr(pfn);
unsigned long end = pfn_to_section_nr(pfn + size);
@@ -1960,7 +1972,7 @@ __meminit int init_currently_empty_zone(struct zone *zone,
static void __meminit free_area_init_core(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
unsigned long *zones_size, unsigned long *zholes_size)
{
- unsigned long j;
+ enum zone_type j;
int nid = pgdat->node_id;
unsigned long zone_start_pfn = pgdat->node_start_pfn;
int ret;
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