From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, hpa@zytor.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
mingo@redhat.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, x86@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dave.hansen@intel.com,
Elliott@hp.com, pebolle@tiscali.nl, mcgrof@suse.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 6/6] mtrr, mm, x86: Enhance MTRR checks for KVA huge page mapping
Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 22:51:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150518205123.GI23618@pd.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1431980468.21019.11.camel@misato.fc.hp.com>
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 02:21:08PM -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:
> The caller is the one who makes the condition checks necessary to create
> a huge page mapping.
How? It would go and change MTRRs configuration and ranges and their
memory types so that a huge mapping succeeds?
Or go and try a different range?
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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-05-18 20:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-15 18:23 [PATCH v5 0/6] mtrr, mm, x86: Enhance MTRR checks for huge I/O mapping Toshi Kani
2015-05-15 18:23 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] mm, x86: Simplify conditions of HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP Toshi Kani
2015-05-17 8:30 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <1432628901-18044-2-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>
2015-05-27 14:17 ` [tip:x86/mm] x86/mm/kconfig: Simplify conditions for HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP tip-bot for Toshi Kani
2015-05-15 18:23 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] mtrr, x86: Fix MTRR lookup to handle inclusive entry Toshi Kani
[not found] ` <1432628901-18044-3-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>
2015-05-27 14:18 ` [tip:x86/mm] x86/mm/mtrr: Fix MTRR lookup to handle an " tip-bot for Toshi Kani
2015-05-15 18:23 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] mtrr, x86: Fix MTRR state checks in mtrr_type_lookup() Toshi Kani
[not found] ` <1432628901-18044-4-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>
2015-05-27 14:18 ` [tip:x86/mm] x86/mm/mtrr: " tip-bot for Toshi Kani
2015-05-15 18:23 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] mtrr, x86: Define MTRR_TYPE_INVALID for mtrr_type_lookup() Toshi Kani
[not found] ` <1432628901-18044-5-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>
2015-05-27 14:18 ` [tip:x86/mm] x86/mm/mtrr: Use symbolic define as a retval for disabled MTRRs tip-bot for Toshi Kani
2015-05-15 18:23 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] mtrr, x86: Clean up mtrr_type_lookup() Toshi Kani
[not found] ` <1432628901-18044-6-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>
2015-05-27 14:19 ` [tip:x86/mm] x86/mm/mtrr: " tip-bot for Toshi Kani
2015-07-31 13:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-07-31 14:44 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-07-31 15:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-07-31 15:27 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-08-01 14:28 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2015-08-01 16:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-08-01 16:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-08-01 16:49 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-08-01 17:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-15 18:23 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] mtrr, mm, x86: Enhance MTRR checks for KVA huge page mapping Toshi Kani
2015-05-18 13:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-05-18 17:22 ` Toshi Kani
2015-05-18 19:01 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-05-18 19:31 ` Toshi Kani
2015-05-18 20:01 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-05-18 20:21 ` Toshi Kani
2015-05-18 20:51 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2015-05-18 21:53 ` Toshi Kani
2015-05-19 11:44 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-05-19 13:23 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-05-19 13:47 ` Toshi Kani
2015-05-20 11:55 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-20 14:34 ` Toshi Kani
2015-05-20 15:01 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-20 15:02 ` Toshi Kani
2015-05-20 16:04 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-05-20 15:46 ` Toshi Kani
[not found] ` <1432628901-18044-8-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>
2015-05-27 14:19 ` [tip:x86/mm] x86/mm/mtrr: Enhance MTRR checks in kernel mapping helpers tip-bot for Toshi Kani
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