From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
benh@kernel.crashing.org, paulus@samba.org, mpe@ellerman.id.au
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 01/30] mm: Make vm_get_page_prot arch specific.
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 08:10:26 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bn7de82t.fsf@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56C66FBB.7000808@intel.com>
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> writes:
> On 02/18/2016 08:50 AM, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>> With next generation power processor, we are having a new mmu model
>> [1] that require us to maintain a different linux page table format.
>>
>> Inorder to support both current and future ppc64 systems with a single
>> kernel we need to make sure kernel can select between different page
>> table format at runtime. With the new MMU (radix MMU) added, we will
>> have to dynamically switch between different protection map. Hence
>> override vm_get_page_prot instead of using arch_vm_get_page_prot. We
>> also drop arch_vm_get_page_prot since only powerpc used it.
>
> Hi Aneesh,
>
> I've got some patches I'm hoping to get in to 4.6 that start using
> arch_vm_get_page_prot() on x86:
>
>> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/daveh/x86-pkeys.git/commit/?h=pkeys-v024&id=aa1e61398fb598869981cfe48275cff832945669
>
> So I'd prefer that it stay in place. :)
Ok. I will update the patch to keep that.
-aneesh
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From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
benh@kernel.crashing.org, paulus@samba.org, mpe@ellerman.id.au
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 01/30] mm: Make vm_get_page_prot arch specific.
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 08:10:26 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bn7de82t.fsf@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56C66FBB.7000808@intel.com>
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> writes:
> On 02/18/2016 08:50 AM, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>> With next generation power processor, we are having a new mmu model
>> [1] that require us to maintain a different linux page table format.
>>
>> Inorder to support both current and future ppc64 systems with a single
>> kernel we need to make sure kernel can select between different page
>> table format at runtime. With the new MMU (radix MMU) added, we will
>> have to dynamically switch between different protection map. Hence
>> override vm_get_page_prot instead of using arch_vm_get_page_prot. We
>> also drop arch_vm_get_page_prot since only powerpc used it.
>
> Hi Aneesh,
>
> I've got some patches I'm hoping to get in to 4.6 that start using
> arch_vm_get_page_prot() on x86:
>
>> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/daveh/x86-pkeys.git/commit/?h=pkeys-v024&id=aa1e61398fb598869981cfe48275cff832945669
>
> So I'd prefer that it stay in place. :)
Ok. I will update the patch to keep that.
-aneesh
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Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-18 16:50 [PATCH V3 00/30] Book3s abstraction in preparation for new MMU model Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 01/30] mm: Make vm_get_page_prot arch specific Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 23:15 ` Paul Mackerras
2016-02-18 23:15 ` Paul Mackerras
2016-02-19 2:40 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-19 2:40 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-21 0:32 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2016-02-21 0:32 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2016-02-19 1:28 ` Dave Hansen
2016-02-19 1:28 ` Dave Hansen
2016-02-19 2:40 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V [this message]
2016-02-19 2:40 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 02/30] mm: Some arch may want to use HPAGE_PMD related values as variables Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 03/30] powerpc/mm: add _PAGE_HASHPTE similar to 4K hash Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 04/30] powerpc/mm: Split pgtable types to separate header Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 05/30] powerpc/mm: Don't have conditional defines for real_pte_t Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 06/30] powerpc/mm: Switch book3s 64 with 64K page size to 4 level page table Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 07/30] powerpc/mm: Copy pgalloc (part 1) Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 08/30] powerpc/mm: Copy pgalloc (part 2) Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 09/30] powerpc/mm: Copy pgalloc (part 3) Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 10/30] powerpc/mm: Hugetlbfs is book3s_64 and fsl_book3e (32 or 64) Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 11/30] powerpc/mm: free_hugepd_range split to hash and nonhash Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 12/30] powerpc/mm: Use helper instead of opencoding Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 13/30] powerpc/mm: Move hash64 specific definitions to separate header Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 14/30] powerpc/mm: Move swap related definition ot hash64 header Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 15/30] powerpc/mm: Move hash page table related functions to pgtable-hash64.c Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 16/30] powerpc/mm: Rename hash specific page table bits (_PAGE* -> H_PAGE*) Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 17/30] powerpc/mm: Use flush_tlb_page in ptep_clear_flush_young Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 18/30] powerpc/mm: THP is only available on hash64 as of now Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 19/30] powerpc/mm: Use generic version of pmdp_clear_flush_young Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 20/30] powerpc/mm: Create a new headers for tlbflush for hash64 Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 21/30] powerpc/mm: Hash linux abstraction for page table accessors Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 22/30] powerpc/mm: Hash linux abstraction for functions in pgtable-hash.c Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 23/30] powerpc/mm: Hash linux abstraction for mmu context handling code Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 24/30] powerpc/mm: Move hash related mmu-*.h headers to book3s/ Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 25/30] powerpc/mm: Hash linux abstractions for early init routines Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 26/30] powerpc/mm: Hash linux abstraction for THP Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 27/30] powerpc/mm: Hash linux abstraction for HugeTLB Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 28/30] powerpc/mm: Hash linux abstraction for page table allocator Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 29/30] powerpc/mm: Hash linux abstraction for tlbflush routines Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` [PATCH V3 30/30] powerpc/mm: Hash linux abstraction for pte swap encoding Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 16:50 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-18 23:13 ` [PATCH V3 00/30] Book3s abstraction in preparation for new MMU model Paul Mackerras
2016-02-18 23:13 ` Paul Mackerras
2016-02-19 2:34 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2016-02-19 2:34 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
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