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Currently, addresses are chunk size aligned. This means, we are very restricted in terms of where we can place chunk within the umem. For example, if we have a chunk size of 2k, then our chunks can only be placed at 0,2k,4k,6k,8k... and so on (ie. every 2k starting from 0). This patch introduces the ability to use unaligned chunks. With these changes, we are no longer bound to having to place chunks at a 2k (or whatever your chunk size is) interval. Since we are no longer dealing with aligned chunks, they can now cross page boundaries. Checks for page contiguity have been added in order to keep track of which pages are followed by a physically contiguous page. Signed-off-by: Kevin Laatz <kevin.laatz@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> Acked-by: Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Linux kernel
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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.
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.