linux/arch/parisc
Helge Deller dbdf076099 parisc: Switch from DISCONTIGMEM to SPARSEMEM
The commit 1c30844d2d ("mm: reclaim small amounts of memory when an
external fragmentation event occurs") breaks memory management on a
parisc c8000 workstation with this memory layout:

	0) Start 0x0000000000000000 End 0x000000003fffffff Size   1024 MB
	1) Start 0x0000000100000000 End 0x00000001bfdfffff Size   3070 MB
	2) Start 0x0000004040000000 End 0x00000040ffffffff Size   3072 MB

With the patch 1c30844d2d, the kernel will incorrectly reclaim the
first zone when it fills up, ignoring the fact that there are two
completely free zones. Basiscally, it limits cache size to 1GiB.

The parisc kernel is currently using the DISCONTIGMEM implementation,
but isn't NUMA. Avoid this issue or strange work-arounds by switching to
the more commonly used SPARSEMEM implementation.

Reported-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Fixes: 1c30844d2d ("mm: reclaim small amounts of memory when an external fragmentation event occurs")
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
2019-05-03 23:47:40 +02:00
..
boot parisc: PA-Linux requires at least 32 MB RAM 2019-05-03 23:47:39 +02:00
configs net: Remove CONFIG_NETFILTER_DEBUG and _ASSERT() macros. 2017-09-04 13:25:20 +02:00
include parisc: Switch from DISCONTIGMEM to SPARSEMEM 2019-05-03 23:47:40 +02:00
kernel parisc: Switch from DISCONTIGMEM to SPARSEMEM 2019-05-03 23:47:40 +02:00
lib parisc: iomap: introduce io{read|write}64 2019-01-22 13:39:59 +01:00
math-emu signal/parisc: Use force_sig_fault where appropriate 2018-04-25 10:44:06 -05:00
mm parisc: Switch from DISCONTIGMEM to SPARSEMEM 2019-05-03 23:47:40 +02:00
oprofile License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
defpalo.conf
install.sh
Kconfig parisc: Switch from DISCONTIGMEM to SPARSEMEM 2019-05-03 23:47:40 +02:00
Kconfig.debug Kconfig: consolidate the "Kernel hacking" menu 2018-08-02 08:06:48 +09:00
Makefile parisc: generate uapi header and system call table files 2018-12-10 08:26:04 +01:00
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