The per cpu reserve from which loadable modules allocate their percpu sections
is currently fixed at 8000 bytes.
Add a new kernel parameter
percpu=<dynamically allocatable percpu bytes>
The per cpu reserve area will be used in following patches by the
per cpu allocator.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
---
arch/ia64/include/asm/percpu.h | 1 +
include/linux/percpu.h | 7 ++++++-
init/main.c | 13 +++++++++++++
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/percpu.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/percpu.h 2008-09-25 08:39:19.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/percpu.h 2008-09-29 13:08:25.000000000 -0500
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#define EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(var) EXPORT_SYMBOL(per_cpu__##var)
#define EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(var) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(per_cpu__##var)
+extern unsigned int percpu_reserve;
/* Enough to cover all DEFINE_PER_CPUs in kernel, including modules. */
#ifndef PERCPU_ENOUGH_ROOM
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
#endif
#define PERCPU_ENOUGH_ROOM \
- (__per_cpu_end - __per_cpu_start + PERCPU_MODULE_RESERVE)
+ (__per_cpu_end - __per_cpu_start + percpu_reserve)
#endif /* PERCPU_ENOUGH_ROOM */
/*
Index: linux-2.6/init/main.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/init/main.c 2008-09-25 08:39:19.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6/init/main.c 2008-09-29 13:09:13.000000000 -0500
@@ -253,6 +253,16 @@
early_param("loglevel", loglevel);
+unsigned int percpu_reserve = PERCPU_MODULE_RESERVE;
+
+static int __init init_percpu_reserve(char *str)
+{
+ get_option(&str, &percpu_reserve);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+early_param("percpu", init_percpu_reserve);
+
/*
* Unknown boot options get handed to init, unless they look like
* failed parameters
@@ -397,6 +407,9 @@
/* Copy section for each CPU (we discard the original) */
size = ALIGN(PERCPU_ENOUGH_ROOM, PAGE_SIZE);
+ printk(KERN_INFO "percpu area: %d bytes total, %d available.\n",
+ size, size - (__per_cpu_end - __per_cpu_start));
+
ptr = alloc_bootmem_pages(size * nr_possible_cpus);
for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-09-25 08:39:19.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-09-29 13:05:36.000000000 -0500
@@ -1643,6 +1643,13 @@
Format: { 0 | 1 }
See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
+ percpu= Configure the number of percpu bytes that can be
+ dynamically allocated. This is used for per cpu
+ variables of modules and other dynamic per cpu data
+ structures. Creation of per cpu structures after boot
+ may fail if this is set too low.
+ Default is 8000 bytes.
+
pf. [PARIDE]
See Documentation/paride.txt.
--
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