From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S937226AbZDJLyU (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:54:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757143AbZDJLyG (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:54:06 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:51092 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756862AbZDJLyE (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:54:04 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:53:48 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Suresh Siddha Subject: Re: [patch 0/6] x86, PAT, CPA: Cleanups and minor bug fixes Message-ID: <20090410115348.GK21506@elte.hu> References: <20090409212646.511925000@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090409212646.511925000@intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com wrote: > This patchset contains cleanups and minor bug fixes in x86 PAT and > CPA related code. The bugs were mostly found by code inspection. > There should not be any functionality changes with this patchset. > > Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi > Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha Great, this series looks really nice! Does this solve the problems reported in the "2.6.29 git master and PAT problems" thread and addressed via an earlier patch of yours: Subject: [PATCH] x86, PAT: Remove page granularity tracking for vm_insert_pfn maps i am worried about this particular patch - it looks more like a workaround than a true realization of a bug. Ingo