From: Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org>
To: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>, Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org, Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>,
Marc Gauthier <marc@cadence.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Leonid Yegoshin <Leonid.Yegoshin@imgtec.com>,
Steven Hill <Steven.Hill@imgtec.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] mm/highmem: make kmap cache coloring aware
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 19:55:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53FBCD09.1050003@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140825171600.GH25892@linux-mips.org>
On 08/25/2014 13:16, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 02, 2014 at 05:11:37AM +0400, Max Filippov wrote:
>
>> this series adds mapping color control to the generic kmap code, allowing
>> architectures with aliasing VIPT cache to use high memory. There's also
>> use example of this new interface by xtensa.
>
> I haven't actually ported this to MIPS but it certainly appears to be
> the right framework to get highmem aliases handled on MIPS, too.
>
> Though I still consider increasing PAGE_SIZE to 16k the preferable
> solution because it will entirly do away with cache aliases.
Won't setting PAGE_SIZE to 16k break some existing userlands (o32)? I use a
4k PAGE_SIZE because the last few times I've tried 16k or 64k, init won't
load (SIGSEGVs or such, which panicks the kernel).
--
Joshua Kinard
Gentoo/MIPS
kumba@gentoo.org
4096R/D25D95E3 2011-03-28
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From: Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org>
To: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>, Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org, Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>,
Marc Gauthier <marc@cadence.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Leonid Yegoshin <Leonid.Yegoshin@imgtec.com>,
Steven Hill <Steven.Hill@imgtec.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] mm/highmem: make kmap cache coloring aware
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 19:55:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53FBCD09.1050003@gentoo.org> (raw)
Message-ID: <20140825235553.eUs40Z3a6lU3lZBuB8trFLzzH7UTGy_zjc9S-0nfeMw@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140825171600.GH25892@linux-mips.org>
On 08/25/2014 13:16, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 02, 2014 at 05:11:37AM +0400, Max Filippov wrote:
>
>> this series adds mapping color control to the generic kmap code, allowing
>> architectures with aliasing VIPT cache to use high memory. There's also
>> use example of this new interface by xtensa.
>
> I haven't actually ported this to MIPS but it certainly appears to be
> the right framework to get highmem aliases handled on MIPS, too.
>
> Though I still consider increasing PAGE_SIZE to 16k the preferable
> solution because it will entirly do away with cache aliases.
Won't setting PAGE_SIZE to 16k break some existing userlands (o32)? I use a
4k PAGE_SIZE because the last few times I've tried 16k or 64k, init won't
load (SIGSEGVs or such, which panicks the kernel).
--
Joshua Kinard
Gentoo/MIPS
kumba@gentoo.org
4096R/D25D95E3 2011-03-28
"The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us. And
our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between."
--Emperor Turhan, Centauri Republic
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-25 23:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-02 1:11 [PATCH v4 0/2] mm/highmem: make kmap cache coloring aware Max Filippov
2014-08-02 1:11 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] " Max Filippov
2014-08-02 1:11 ` Max Filippov
2014-08-02 1:11 ` Max Filippov
2014-08-02 1:11 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] xtensa: support aliasing cache in kmap Max Filippov
2014-08-02 1:11 ` Max Filippov
2014-08-02 1:11 ` Max Filippov
2014-08-25 17:16 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] mm/highmem: make kmap cache coloring aware Ralf Baechle
2014-08-25 17:16 ` Ralf Baechle
2014-08-25 23:55 ` Joshua Kinard [this message]
2014-08-25 23:55 ` Joshua Kinard
2014-08-26 0:36 ` David Daney
2014-08-26 0:36 ` David Daney
2014-08-26 2:41 ` Joshua Kinard
2014-08-26 2:41 ` Joshua Kinard
2014-08-26 17:45 ` David Daney
2014-08-26 17:45 ` David Daney
2014-08-27 1:04 ` Joshua Kinard
2014-08-27 1:04 ` Joshua Kinard
2014-08-26 18:37 ` Leonid Yegoshin
2014-08-26 18:37 ` Leonid Yegoshin
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