[PATCH 1/4] of: add struct page support to rmem

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Mon Jul 11 08:06:50 PDT 2022


On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 4:51 PM Li Chen <me at linux.beauty> wrote:
>  ---- On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 21:36:12 +0800  Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> wrote ---
>  > On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 2:24 PM Li Chen <me at linux.beauty> wrote:
>  >
>  > > +config OF_RESERVED_MEM_DIO_SUPPORT
>  > > +       bool "add Direct I/O support to reserved_mem"
>  > > +       depends on ZONE_DEVICE && ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK
>  > > +       help
>  > > +          By default, reserved memory don't get struct page support, which
>  > > +                means you cannot do Direct I/O from this region. This config takes
>  > > +                uses of ZONE_DEVICE and treats rmem as hotplug mem to get struct
>  > > +                page and DIO support.
>  >
>  > This probably does not need to be user visible, it's enough to select it from
>  > the drivers that need it.
>
> When you say "user visible", do you mean the config can be dropped or something else like Kconfig type other than bool?

I mean this can be a hidden option, which you can do by leaving out the
one-line description after the 'bool' keyword. The option will still
be selectable
in Kconfig files from other options, but not shown in 'make menuconfig'.

        Arnd



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