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From: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
To: 'Steven Rostedt' <rostedt@goodmis.org>, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org"
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CC: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>, Mark Rutland
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Subject: RE: [for-linus][PATCH 0/3] tracing: Fixes for v6.8
Thread-Topic: [for-linus][PATCH 0/3] tracing: Fixes for v6.8
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 18:16:06 +0000
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>   Another issue that was brought up is that the trace_seq buffer is
>   also based on PAGE_SIZE even though it is not tied to the architecture
>   limit like the ring buffer sub-buffer is. Having it be 64K * 2 is
>   simply just too big and wasting memory on systems with 64K page sizes.
>   It is now hardcoded to 8K which is what all other architectures with
>   4K PAGE_SIZE has.

Does Linux use a 2k PAGE_SIZE on any architectures?
IIRC m68k hardware has a 2k page, but Linux might always pair them.
A 2k page might (or might not) cause grief.

=09David

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