Commit b2a37fb2 authored by Mike Rapoport (IBM)'s avatar Mike Rapoport (IBM) Committed by Andrew Morton

sh: reword ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER prompt and help text

The prompt and help text of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER are not even close to
describe this configuration option.

Update both to actually describe what this option does.

[rppt@kernel.org: tweak ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER's `range']
  Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230325060828.2662773-12-rppt@kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230324052233.2654090-12-rppt@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarMike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org>
Acked-by: default avatarKirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarZi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@kernel.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
Cc: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
parent 1e8fed87
......@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ config PAGE_OFFSET
default "0x00000000"
config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
int "Maximum zone order"
int "Order of maximal physically contiguous allocations"
range 8 63 if PAGE_SIZE_16KB
default "8" if PAGE_SIZE_16KB
range 6 63 if PAGE_SIZE_64KB
......@@ -28,16 +28,18 @@ config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
default "13" if !MMU
default "10"
help
The kernel memory allocator divides physically contiguous memory
blocks into "zones", where each zone is a power of two number of
pages. This option selects the largest power of two that the kernel
keeps in the memory allocator. If you need to allocate very large
blocks of physically contiguous memory, then you may need to
increase this value.
The kernel page allocator limits the size of maximal physically
contiguous allocations. The limit is called MAX_ORDER and it
defines the maximal power of two of number of pages that can be
allocated as a single contiguous block. This option allows
overriding the default setting when ability to allocate very
large blocks of physically contiguous memory is required.
The page size is not necessarily 4KB. Keep this in mind when
choosing a value for this option.
Don't change if unsure.
config MEMORY_START
hex "Physical memory start address"
default "0x08000000"
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