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From: catalin.marinas@arm.com (Catalin Marinas)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/5] arm64: mm: support additional contiguous kernel mapping region sizes
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 11:28:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161014102853.GA23339@e104818-lin.cambridge.arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1476271425-19401-5-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 12:23:44PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Extend the basic support for kernel mappings using contiguous regions
> by adding support for contiguous PUDs (4k granule only), either as a
> discrete level or folded into the PGDs. In the same way, handle folded
> PMDs so that contiguous PMDs (for 16k and 64k granule kernels) will
> work as expected for 2 levels of translation as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-hwdef.h |  6 +++
>  arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c                    | 40 +++++++++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

After looking at this patch, I concluded it's not worth hassle as no
hardware I'm aware of currently would benefit from it.  We can revisit
it in the future if we hear otherwise.

-- 
Catalin

  reply	other threads:[~2016-10-14 10:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-12 11:23 [PATCH v3 0/5] arm64/mm: use the contiguous attribute for kernel mappings Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-12 11:23 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] arm64: mm: BUG on unsupported manipulations of live " Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-12 15:04   ` Catalin Marinas
2016-10-13 12:25     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-13 14:44       ` Catalin Marinas
2016-10-13 14:48         ` Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-13 16:51           ` Catalin Marinas
2016-10-13 16:58             ` Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-12 11:23 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] arm64: mm: replace 'block_mappings_allowed' with 'page_mappings_only' Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-12 15:07   ` Mark Rutland
2016-10-12 11:23 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] arm64: mm: set the contiguous bit for kernel mappings where appropriate Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-13 16:28   ` Catalin Marinas
2016-10-13 16:57     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-13 17:27       ` Catalin Marinas
2016-10-12 11:23 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] arm64: mm: support additional contiguous kernel mapping region sizes Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-14 10:28   ` Catalin Marinas [this message]
2016-10-14 17:51     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2016-10-12 11:23 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] arm64: mm: round memstart_addr to contiguous PUD/PMD size Ard Biesheuvel

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