Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754482AbYCITcI (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:32:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752849AbYCITb4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:31:56 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:42850 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752820AbYCITbz (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:31:55 -0400 Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 20:31:37 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro , Thomas Gleixner , LKML , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Christoph Lameter , Bart Van Assche Subject: Re: quicklists confuse meminfo Message-ID: <20080309193137.GA17198@elte.hu> References: <20080309111456.GA21690@elte.hu> <20080309210000.C6DE.KOSAKI.MOTOHIRO@jp.fujitsu.com> <20080309120940.GA1695@elte.hu> <20080309123432.GA3267@elte.hu> <20080309121103.3f7019d5@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20080309192514.GA16759@elte.hu> <20080309192745.GA16929@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080309192745.GA16929@elte.hu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2029 Lines: 74 * Ingo Molnar wrote: > i.e. the patch below should do the trick. > > (it's still work in progress but it seems to boot just fine) updated patch below - Thomas found a bug in the alloc-failure cleanup path. I shouldnt hack late Sunday night :) Ingo ---------------> Subject: x86: patches/remove-quicklists.patch From: Ingo Molnar Date: Sun Mar 09 20:04:32 CET 2008 Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/x86/mm/pgtable_32.c | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) Index: linux-x86.q/arch/x86/mm/pgtable_32.c =================================================================== --- linux-x86.q.orig/arch/x86/mm/pgtable_32.c +++ linux-x86.q/arch/x86/mm/pgtable_32.c @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ #include #include #include -#include #include #include @@ -338,12 +337,17 @@ static void pgd_mop_up_pmds(struct mm_st pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm) { - pgd_t *pgd = quicklist_alloc(0, GFP_KERNEL, pgd_ctor); + pgd_t *pgd; + + pgd = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO); + if (pgd) + pgd_ctor(pgd); mm->pgd = pgd; /* so that alloc_pd can use it */ if (pgd && !pgd_prepopulate_pmd(mm, pgd)) { - quicklist_free(0, pgd_dtor, pgd); + pgd_dtor(pgd); + free_page((unsigned long)pgd); pgd = NULL; } @@ -353,12 +357,12 @@ pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm) void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd) { pgd_mop_up_pmds(mm, pgd); - quicklist_free(0, pgd_dtor, pgd); + pgd_dtor(pgd); + free_page((unsigned long)pgd); } void check_pgt_cache(void) { - quicklist_trim(0, pgd_dtor, 25, 16); } void __pte_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct page *pte) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/