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    x86: make embedding percpu allocator return excessive free space · 9a4f8a87
    Tejun Heo authored
    Impact: reduce unnecessary memory usage on certain configurations
    
    Embedding percpu allocator allocates unit_size *
    smp_num_possible_cpus() bytes consecutively and use it for the first
    chunk.  However, if the static area is small, this can result in
    excessive prellocated free space in the first chunk due to
    PCPU_MIN_UNIT_SIZE restriction.
    
    This patch makes embedding percpu allocator preallocate only what's
    necessary as described by PERPCU_DYNAMIC_RESERVE and return the
    leftover to the bootmem allocator.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
    9a4f8a87
setup_percpu.c 12.6 KB