Hi Juergen, Can you rebase the patchset to 3.18.0-rc1? There are some minor merge conflicts.
Thanks, -Toshi On Fri, 2014-10-24 at 06:08 +0200, Juergen Gross wrote: > Ping? > > On 10/20/2014 05:59 AM, Juergen Gross wrote: > > Hi x86 maintainers, > > > > any reason you seem to ignore this patch series? I think I've replied > > to all open issues and sent the patches more than one month ago. Each > > patch has a "Reviewed-by". Is there something else missing? > > > > > > Juergen > > > > On 10/13/2014 10:13 AM, Juergen Gross wrote: > >> The x86 architecture offers via the PAT (Page Attribute Table) a way to > >> specify different caching modes in page table entries. The PAT MSR > >> contains > >> 8 entries each specifying one of 6 possible cache modes. A pte > >> references one > >> of those entries via 3 bits: _PAGE_PAT, _PAGE_PWT and _PAGE_PCD. > >> > >> The Linux kernel currently supports only 4 different cache modes. The > >> PAT MSR > >> is set up in a way that the setting of _PAGE_PAT in a pte doesn't > >> matter: the > >> top 4 entries in the PAT MSR are the same as the 4 lower entries. > >> > >> This results in the kernel not supporting e.g. write-through mode. > >> Especially > >> this cache mode would speed up drivers of video cards which now have > >> to use > >> uncached accesses. > >> > >> OTOH some old processors (Pentium) don't support PAT correctly and the > >> Xen > >> hypervisor has been using a different PAT MSR configuration for some > >> time now > >> and can't change that as this setting is part of the ABI. > >> > >> This patch set abstracts the cache mode from the pte and introduces > >> tables to > >> translate between cache mode and pte bits (the default cache mode > >> "write back" > >> is hard-wired to PAT entry 0). The tables are statically initialized with > >> values being compatible to old processors and current usage. As soon > >> as the > >> PAT MSR is changed (or - in case of Xen - is read at boot time) the > >> tables are > >> changed accordingly. Requests of mappings with special cache modes are > >> always > >> possible now, in case they are not supported there will be a fallback > >> to a > >> compatible but slower mode. > >> > >> Summing it up, this patch set adds the following features: > >> - capability to support WT and WP cache modes on processors with full PAT > >> support > >> - processors with no or uncorrect PAT support are still working as > >> today, even > >> if WT or WP cache mode are selected by drivers for some pages > >> - reduction of Xen special handling regarding cache mode > >> > >> Changes in V3: > >> - corrected two minor nits (UC_MINUS, again) detected by Toshi Kani > >> > >> Changes in V2: > >> - simplified handling of PAT MSR write under Xen as suggested by David > >> Vrabel > >> - removed resetting of pat_enabled under Xen > >> - two small corrections requested by Toshi Kani (UC_MINUS cache mode in > >> vermilion driver, fix 32 bit kernel build failure) > >> - correct build error on non-x86 arch by moving definition of > >> update_cache_mode_entry() to x86 specific header > >> > >> Changes since RFC: > >> - renamed functions and variables as suggested by Toshi Kani > >> - corrected cache mode bits for WT and WP > >> - modified handling of PAT MSR write under Xen as suggested by Jan > >> Beulich > >> > >> > >> Juergen Gross (3): > >> x86: Make page cache mode a real type > >> x86: Enable PAT to use cache mode translation tables > >> Support Xen pv-domains using PAT > >> > >> arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h | 38 ++++--- > >> arch/x86/include/asm/fb.h | 6 +- > >> arch/x86/include/asm/io.h | 2 +- > >> arch/x86/include/asm/pat.h | 7 +- > >> arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h | 19 ++-- > >> arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h | 96 ++++++++++++---- > >> arch/x86/mm/dump_pagetables.c | 24 ++-- > >> arch/x86/mm/init.c | 37 ++++++ > >> arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 9 +- > >> arch/x86/mm/iomap_32.c | 15 ++- > >> arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c | 63 ++++++----- > >> arch/x86/mm/mm_internal.h | 2 + > >> arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 84 ++++++++------ > >> arch/x86/mm/pat.c | 181 > >> +++++++++++++++++++----------- > >> arch/x86/mm/pat_internal.h | 22 ++-- > >> arch/x86/mm/pat_rbtree.c | 8 +- > >> arch/x86/pci/i386.c | 4 +- > >> arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 25 ++--- > >> arch/x86/xen/mmu.c | 48 +------- > >> arch/x86/xen/xen-ops.h | 1 - > >> drivers/video/fbdev/gbefb.c | 3 +- > >> drivers/video/fbdev/vermilion/vermilion.c | 6 +- > >> 22 files changed, 421 insertions(+), 279 deletions(-) > >> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
