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The VMBUS_RING_SIZE macro adds space for a ring buffer header to the requested ring buffer size. The header size is always 1 page, and so its size varies based on the PAGE_SIZE for which the kernel is built. If the requested ring buffer size is a large power-of-2 size and the header size is small, the resulting size is inefficient in its use of memory. For example, a 512 Kbyte ring buffer with a 4 Kbyte page size results in a 516 Kbyte allocation, which is rounded to up 1 Mbyte by the memory allocator, and wastes 508 Kbytes of memory. In such situations, the exact size of the ring buffer isn't that important, and it's OK to allocate the 4 Kbyte header at the beginning of the 512 Kbytes, leaving the ring buffer itself with just 508 Kbytes. The memory allocation can be 512 Kbytes instead of 1 Mbyte and nothing is wasted. Update VMBUS_RING_SIZE to implement this approach for "large" ring buffer sizes. "Large" is somewhat arbitrarily defined as 8 times the size of the ring buffer header (which is of size PAGE_SIZE). For example, for 4 Kbyte PAGE_SIZE, ring buffers of 32 Kbytes and larger use the first 4 Kbytes as the ring buffer header. For 64 Kbyte PAGE_SIZE, ring buffers of 512 Kbytes and larger use the first 64 Kbytes as the ring buffer header. In both cases, smaller sizes add space for the header so the ring size isn't reduced too much by using part of the space for the header. For example, with a 64 Kbyte page size, we don't want a 128 Kbyte ring buffer to be reduced to 64 Kbytes by allocating half of the space for the header. In such a case, the memory allocation is less efficient, but it's the best that can be done. While the new algorithm slightly changes the amount of space allocated for ring buffers by drivers that use VMBUS_RING_SIZE, the devices aren't known to be sensitive to small changes in ring buffer size, so there shouldn't be any effect. Fixes: |
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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.