Documentation/mm/physical_memory.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@kernel.org>
Add an example of memory layout with interleaving nodes where even memory
banks belong to node 0 and odd memory banks belong to node 1
Suggested-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
v3:
* Fix typos and wording (Matthew)
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230212095445.1311627-1-rppt@kernel.org
* Wording update (Bagas)
* Add forgotten Suggested-by
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230211102207.1267058-1-rppt@kernel.org
Documentation/mm/physical_memory.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/mm/physical_memory.rst b/Documentation/mm/physical_memory.rst
index 3f3c02aa6e6e..863ddcd0b291 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/physical_memory.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/physical_memory.rst
@@ -114,6 +114,25 @@ RAM equally split between two nodes, there will be ``ZONE_DMA32``,
| DMA32 | NORMAL | MOVABLE | | NORMAL | MOVABLE |
+---------+----------+-----------+ +------------+-------------+
+
+Memory banks may belong to interleaving nodes. In the example below an x86
+machine has 16 Gbytes of RAM in 4 memory banks, even banks belong to node 0
+and odd banks belong to node 1::
+
+
+ 0 4G 8G 12G 16G
+ +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+
+ | node 0 | | node 1 | | node 0 | | node 1 |
+ +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+
+
+ 0 16M 4G
+ +-----+-------+ +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+
+ | DMA | DMA32 | | NORMAL | | NORMAL | | NORMAL |
+ +-----+-------+ +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+
+
+In this case node 0 will span from 0 to 12 Gbytes and node 1 will span from
+4 to 16 Gbytes.
+
.. _nodes:
Nodes
base-commit: e076f253283c3e55a128fa9665c0e6cd8146948d
--
2.35.1
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> writes: > From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@kernel.org> > > Add an example of memory layout with interleaving nodes where even memory > banks belong to node 0 and odd memory banks belong to node 1 > > Suggested-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> > Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org> > --- > > v3: > * Fix typos and wording (Matthew) > > v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230212095445.1311627-1-rppt@kernel.org > * Wording update (Bagas) > * Add forgotten Suggested-by > > v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230211102207.1267058-1-rppt@kernel.org > Documentation/mm/physical_memory.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) Applied (finally). Thanks and apologies for the delay, jon
Ping? On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 05:44:47PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote: > From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@kernel.org> > > Add an example of memory layout with interleaving nodes where even memory > banks belong to node 0 and odd memory banks belong to node 1 > > Suggested-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> > Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org> > --- > > v3: > * Fix typos and wording (Matthew) > > v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230212095445.1311627-1-rppt@kernel.org > * Wording update (Bagas) > * Add forgotten Suggested-by > > v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230211102207.1267058-1-rppt@kernel.org > Documentation/mm/physical_memory.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/mm/physical_memory.rst b/Documentation/mm/physical_memory.rst > index 3f3c02aa6e6e..863ddcd0b291 100644 > --- a/Documentation/mm/physical_memory.rst > +++ b/Documentation/mm/physical_memory.rst > @@ -114,6 +114,25 @@ RAM equally split between two nodes, there will be ``ZONE_DMA32``, > | DMA32 | NORMAL | MOVABLE | | NORMAL | MOVABLE | > +---------+----------+-----------+ +------------+-------------+ > > + > +Memory banks may belong to interleaving nodes. In the example below an x86 > +machine has 16 Gbytes of RAM in 4 memory banks, even banks belong to node 0 > +and odd banks belong to node 1:: > + > + > + 0 4G 8G 12G 16G > + +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+ > + | node 0 | | node 1 | | node 0 | | node 1 | > + +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+ > + > + 0 16M 4G > + +-----+-------+ +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+ > + | DMA | DMA32 | | NORMAL | | NORMAL | | NORMAL | > + +-----+-------+ +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+ > + > +In this case node 0 will span from 0 to 12 Gbytes and node 1 will span from > +4 to 16 Gbytes. > + > .. _nodes: > > Nodes > > base-commit: e076f253283c3e55a128fa9665c0e6cd8146948d > -- > 2.35.1 > -- Sincerely yours, Mike.
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> writes: > Ping? It's in my queue. The docs tree has conflicts all over the place this time around, so I closed things down a bit earlier than I otherwise would have. I'm expecting to catch up a bit in the coming week. Thanks, jon
On 13.02.23 16:44, Mike Rapoport wrote: > From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@kernel.org> > > Add an example of memory layout with interleaving nodes where even memory > banks belong to node 0 and odd memory banks belong to node 1 > > Suggested-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> > Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org> > --- Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> -- Thanks, David / dhildenb
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