kernel.git/arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c, branch linux-2.6.28.y

smp_call_function: get rid of the unused nonatomic/retry argument

2008-06-26T09:24:35Z

It's never used and the comments refer to nonatomic and retry interchangably. So get rid of it. Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

[IA64] allocate multiple contiguous pages via uncached allocator

2008-04-29T20:49:01Z

Enable the uncached allocator to allocate multiple pages of contiguous uncached memory. Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

[IA64] make flush_tlb_kernel_range() an inline function

2007-12-19T20:30:30Z

This fixes an unused variable warning in mm/vmalloc.c. Tony: also fix resulting fallout in uncached.c with a typo in args to flush_tlb_kernel_range(). Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

Memoryless nodes: Uncached allocator updates

2007-10-16T16:42:58Z

The checks for node_online in the uncached allocator are made to make sure that memory is available on these nodes. Thus switch all the checks to use N_HIGH_MEMORY and to N_ONLINE. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen Acked-by: Lee Schermerhorn Acked-by: Bob Picco Cc: Nishanth Aravamudan Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Cc: Mel Gorman Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Define easier to handle GFP_THISNODE

2006-09-26T15:48:50Z

In many places we will need to use the same combination of flags. Specify a single GFP_THISNODE definition for ease of use in gfp.h. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Guarantee that the uncached allocator gets pages on the correct node

2006-09-26T15:48:50Z

The uncached allocator manages per node pools. Specify __GFP_THISNODE in order to force allocation on the indicated node or fail. The uncached allocator has already logic to deal with failing allocations. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter Cc: Andy Whitcroft Cc: Mel Gorman Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[IA64] make uncached allocator more node aware

2006-08-04T17:27:27Z

The uncached allocator has a function, uncached_get_new_chunk(), that needs to be serialized on a per node basis. It also has a global variable, allocated_granules, which should be defined on a per node basis and protected by that serialization. Additionally, all error returns from functions called (like ia64_pal_mc_drain()) should be handled appropriately. Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson Acked-by: Jes Sorenson Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

[PATCH] change gen_pool allocator to not touch managed memory

2006-06-23T14:42:49Z

Modify the gen_pool allocator (lib/genalloc.c) to utilize a bitmap scheme instead of the buddy scheme. The purpose of this change is to eliminate the touching of the actual memory being allocated. Since the change modifies the interface, a change to the uncached allocator (arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c) is also required. Both Andrey Volkov and Jes Sorenson have expressed a desire that the gen_pool allocator not write to the memory being managed. See the following: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113518602713125&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113533568827916&w=2 Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson Cc: Andrey Volkov Acked-by: Jes Sorensen Cc: "Luck, Tony" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[IA64] eliminate softlockup warning

2006-01-19T19:18:25Z

Fix an unnecessary softlockup watchdog warning in the ia64 uncached_build_memmap() that occurs occasionally at 256p and always at 512p. The problem occurs at boot time. Signed-off-by: John Hawkes Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

[IA64] uncached ref count leak

2005-12-16T18:29:52Z

Use raw_smp_processor_id() instead of get_cpu() as we don't need the extra features of get_cpu(). Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen Signed-off-by: Tony Luck