From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Add various hugetlb arm high level hooks
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:31:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201202291231.52151.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1329126268-11032-2-git-send-email-bill4carson@gmail.com>
On Monday 13 February 2012, Bill Carson wrote:
> +
> +/* 2M and 16M hugepage linux ptes are stored in mmu_context_t->huge_linux_pte
> + *
> + * 2M hugepage
> + * ===========
> + * one huge linux pte caters to two HW ptes,
> + *
I think this needs more explanation. Why do you use a 2MB hugepage with two ptes here?
Wouldn't it be more logical to use 1MB hugepages?
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-29 12:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-13 9:44 [RFC-PATCH V2] ARM hugetlb support Bill Carson
2012-02-13 9:44 ` [PATCH 1/7] Add various hugetlb arm high level hooks Bill Carson
2012-02-28 17:30 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-02-29 2:34 ` bill4carson
2012-02-29 9:39 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-02-29 10:21 ` bill4carson
2012-02-29 10:23 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-02-29 10:32 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-02-29 11:28 ` bill4carson
2012-02-29 11:36 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-02-29 15:38 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-03-08 0:35 ` bill4carson
2012-03-08 9:21 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-02-29 12:31 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2012-02-29 14:22 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-02-13 9:44 ` [PATCH 2/7] Add various hugetlb page table fix Bill Carson
2012-03-01 10:13 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-02-13 9:44 ` [PATCH 3/7] Introduce set_hugepte_ext api to setup huge hardware pmds Bill Carson
2012-02-13 9:44 ` [PATCH 4/7] Store huge page linux pte in mmu_context_t Bill Carson
2012-02-13 9:44 ` [PATCH 5/7] Using do_page_fault for section fault handling Bill Carson
2012-02-13 9:44 ` [PATCH 6/7] Add hugetlb Kconfig option Bill Carson
2012-02-13 11:00 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2012-02-15 2:50 ` bill4carson
2012-02-13 9:44 ` [PATCH 7/7] Minor compiling fix Bill Carson
2012-02-29 12:35 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-01 8:44 ` bill4carson
2012-03-01 11:40 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-03-01 12:42 ` carson bill
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2012-01-30 7:57 [RFC] ARM hugetlb support bill4carson at gmail.com
2012-01-30 7:57 ` [PATCH 1/7] Add various hugetlb arm high level hooks bill4carson at gmail.com
2012-02-06 17:07 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-02-07 2:00 ` bill4carson
2012-02-07 11:54 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-02-07 12:15 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-02-07 12:57 ` carson bill
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