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Commit eb2dcde9 authored by Vincent Donnefort's avatar Vincent Donnefort Committed by Steven Rostedt (Google)
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ring-buffer: Align meta-page to sub-buffers for improved TLB usage

Previously, the mapped ring-buffer layout caused misalignment between
the meta-page and sub-buffers when the sub-buffer size was not a
multiple of PAGE_SIZE. This prevented hardware with larger TLB entries
from utilizing them effectively.

Add a padding with the zero-page between the meta-page and sub-buffers.
Also update the ring-buffer map_test to verify that padding.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20240628104611.1443542-1-vdonnefort@google.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarVincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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