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This is a backport from Linux 5.2-rc1 of a patch series to greatly enhance vmalloc's performance especially on embedded systems, plus all of its dependencies that were missing in kernel 4.9. For all the informations, refer to LKML: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/10/19/786 Brief informations: Currently an allocation of the new VA area is done over busy list iteration until a suitable hole is found between two busy areas. Therefore each new allocation causes the list being grown. Due to long list and different permissive parameters an allocation can take a long time on embedded devices(milliseconds). This patch organizes the vmalloc memory layout into free areas of the VMALLOC_START-VMALLOC_END range. It uses a red-black tree that keeps blocks sorted by their offsets in pair with linked list keeping the free space in order of increasing addresses. Quote Phoronix: With this patch from Uladzislau Rezki, calling vmalloc() can take up to 67% less time compared to the behavior on Linux 5.1 and prior, at least with tests done by the developer under QEMU. Personal tests are showing that the device is more responsive when memory pressure is high and when huge allocations are to be done, it's also noticeably faster in this case, like when starting Chrome with more than 100 opened tabs after a system reboot (so, an uncached complete load of it). Shameless kanged from: https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/kernel / Pull Request 2016
/* ** HP VISUALIZE Workstation PCI Bus Defect ** ** "HP has discovered a potential system defect that can affect ** the behavior of five models of HP VISUALIZE workstations when ** equipped with third-party or customer-installed PCI I/O expansion ** cards. The defect is limited to the HP C180, C160, C160L, B160L, ** and B132L VISUALIZE workstations, and will only be encountered ** when data is transmitted through PCI I/O expansion cards on the ** PCI bus. HP-supplied graphics cards that utilize the PCI bus are ** not affected." ** ** http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Home.jsp?locale=en_US&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=44443 ** ** Product First Good Serial Number ** C200/C240 (US) US67350000 **B132L+/B180 (US) US67390000 ** C200 (Europe) 3713G01000 ** B180L (Europe) 3720G01000 ** ** Note that many boards were fixed/replaced under a free replacement ** program. Assume a machine is only "suspect" until proven otherwise. ** ** "The pci_check program will also be available as application ** patch PHSS_12295" */