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Subject[PATCH] x86: Drop redundant memory-block sizing code
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Drop the unused code from selecting a fixed memory block size of 2GB
on large-memory x86-64 systems.

Signed-off-by: Daniel J Blueman <daniel@numascale.com>
---
arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 18 +-----------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index ebca30f..09c0567 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1243,28 +1243,12 @@ int in_gate_area_no_mm(unsigned long addr)

static unsigned long probe_memory_block_size(void)
{
- /* start from 2g */
- unsigned long bz = 1UL<<31;
-
if (totalram_pages >= (64ULL << (30 - PAGE_SHIFT))) {
pr_info("Using 2GB memory block size for large-memory system\n");
return 2UL * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
}

- /* less than 64g installed */
- if ((max_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT) < (16UL << 32))
- return MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
-
- /* get the tail size */
- while (bz > MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE) {
- if (!((max_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT) & (bz - 1)))
- break;
- bz >>= 1;
- }
-
- printk(KERN_DEBUG "memory block size : %ldMB\n", bz >> 20);
-
- return bz;
+ return MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
}

static unsigned long memory_block_size_probed;
--
1.9.1


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