[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: change max hugepage sizes to 4

[Gagandeep Singh]

> >HI Thomas,
> > > > > DPDK currently is supporting maximum 3 hugepage, sizes whereas
> > > > > system can support more than this e.g.
> > > > > 64K, 2M, 32M and 1G.
> > > >
> > > > You can mention ARM platform here, and that this issue starts with
> > > > kernel 5.2 (and I would try to mention this in the title as well).
> > > > This is better than an annotation that will be lost.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Having these four hugepage sizes available to use by DPDK, which is
> > > > > valid in case of '--in-memory' EAL option or using 4 separate mount
> > > > > points for each hugepage size;
> > > > > hugepage_info_init() API reports an error.
> > > >
> > > > Can you describe what is the impact from a user point of view rather
> > > > than mentioning this internal function?
> > >
> > > Yes please, we need to understand how much it is critical.
> > > Should we Cc stable at dpdk.org for backport?
> > > Should it be merged at the last minute in 19.08?
> >
> > VPP usages in-memory option. So, VPP on ARM with kernel 5.2 wont' work
> without this patch.
> 
> Do you want to send a v2 with a better explanation?
> 
> I would suggest to restrict the change to Arm only with an ifdef,
> in order to limit the risk for this release.
> We can think about a dynamic hugepage scan in the next release.
> 
Ok, I will send a v2 with better explanation and will also add an if check to make this change for ARM specific only.