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sparse_init() requires to temporary allocate two large buffers: usemap_map and map_map. Baoquan He has identified that these buffers are so large that Linux is not bootable on small memory machines, such as a kdump boot. The buffers are especially large when CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL is set, as they are scaled to the maximum physical memory size. Baoquan provided a fix, which reduces these sizes of these buffers, but it is much better to get rid of them entirely. Add a new way to initialize sparse memory: sparse_init_nid(), which only operates within one memory node, and thus allocates memory either in large contiguous block or allocates section by section. This eliminates the need for use of temporary buffers. For simplified bisecting and review temporarly call sparse_init() new_sparse_init(), the new interface is going to be enabled as well as old code removed in the next patch. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180712203730.8703-5-pasha.tatashin@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de> Tested-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de> Tested-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> [powerpc] Cc: Pasha Tatashin <Pavel.Tatashin@microsoft.com> Cc: Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Cc: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@oracle.com> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> Cc: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> |
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.