Re: [HELP] is it some issue about HIGHMEM for mips32?

["Figo.zhang" <figo1802@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 22:07 +0800, Wu Zhangjin wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 21:57 +0800, Figo.zhang wrote:
> > hi,
> > i am using 24KC soc, and linux2.6.21.5 kernel and set CONFIG_HIGHMEM
> > enable. if my realy physic RAM is not more than HIGHMEM, such as only
> > 32MB, it is some issue about kernel, i dont know how to fix it? I try
> > linux-2.6.31.4, it is no this issue, is it some change , how to fix it?
> 
> Hello, here is the unique commit about the higmem I can found:
> 
> commit bb86bf28aec6d0a207ae09f38a43e94133d4d6db
> Author: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
> Date:   Sat Apr 25 11:25:34 2009 +0200
> 
>     MIPS: Fix highmem.
>     
>     Commit 351336929ccf222ae38ff0cb7a8dd5fd5c6236a0 (kernel.org) rsp.
>     b3594a089f1c17ff919f8f78505c3f20e1f6f8ce (linux-mips.org):
>     
>     > From: Chris Dearman <chris@mips.com>
>     > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:58:24 +0100
>     > Subject: [PATCH] [MIPS] Allow setting of the cache attribute at
> run time.
>     >
>     > Slightly tacky, but there is a precedent in the sparc archirecture
> code.
>     
>     introduces the variable _page_cachable_default, which defaults to
> zero and.
>     is used to create the prototype PTE for __kmap_atomic in
>     arch/mips/mm/init.c:kmap_init before initialization in
>     arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c:coherency_setup, so the default value of 0 will
> be
>     used as the CCA of kmap atomic pages which on many processors is not
> a
>     defined CCA value and may result in writes to kmap_atomic pages
> getting
>     corrupted.  Debugged by Jon Fraser (jfraser@broadcom.com).
> 
> Could you please try to apply it, and test it again?

hi , i have apply the patch by manual,

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bb86bf28aec6d0a207ae09f38a43e94133d4d6db
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=351336929ccf222ae38ff0cb7a8dd5fd5c6236a0
 

but the issue still. so what is the problem?

Best,
Figo.zhang


> 
> >  
> > here is my kernel log:
> > Linux version 2.6.21.5 (figo@myhost) (gcc version 4.1.2) #22 Fri Dec 4
> > 10:33:25 CST 2009
> > CPU revision is: 00019655
> > Determined physical RAM map:
> > memory: start:0x0,size=0x2000000,type=0x1
> > (usable)
> > User-defined physical RAM map:
> > memory: start:0x0,size=0x2000000,type=0x1
> > (usable)
> > Initrd not found or empty - disabling initrd
> > Built 1 zonelists.  Total pages: 8128
> > Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 rdinit=/linuxrc mem=32M nofpu
> > mac=00:aa:aa:bb:bb:99
> > Updated MAC address from u-boot: 8024ff24M
> > Primary instruction cache 32kB, physically tagged, 4-way, linesize 32
> > bytes.
> > Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
> > Synthesized TLB refill handler (20 instructions).
> > Synthesized TLB load handler fastpath (32 instructions).
> > Synthesized TLB store handler fastpath (32 instructions).
> > Synthesized TLB modify handler fastpath (31 instructions).
> > Cache parity protection disabled
> > arch/mips/mach-opulan/optrann/irq.c,arch_init_irq
> > PID hash table entries: 128 (order: 7, 512 bytes)
> > Using 150.000 MHz high precision timer.
> > arch/mips/mach-opulan/optrann/time.c,plat_timer_setup
> > Dentry cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
> > Inode-cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
> > Memory: 29012k/32768k available (1798k kernel code, 3756k reserved, 369k
> > data, 900k init, 0k highmem)
> > Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
> > NET: Registered protocol family 16
> > Generic PHY: Registered new driver
> > Time: MIPS clocksource has been installed.
> > NET: Registered protocol family 2
> > IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
> > TCP established hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
> > TCP bind hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
> > TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 1024)
> > TCP reno registered
> > Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
> > io scheduler noop registered
> > io scheduler anticipatory registered (default)
> > io scheduler deadline registered
> > io scheduler cfq registered
> > Serial: optrann serial driver $Revision: 1.0
> > uart_register_driver finished
> > ttyS0 at MMIO map 0xbf004000 mem 0xbf004000 (irq = 23) is a UART 0
> > RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size 1024 blocksize
> > loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
> > nbd: registered device at major 43
> > optrann_fe_ether Ethernet driver, V1.00
> > FE:dmac_regs =0xbf014000,msg_regs=0xbf028000, irq=26
> > FE MAC: 00:aa:aa:bb:bb:99
> > TCP cubic registered
> > Freeing unused kernel memory: 900k freed
> > ramdisk_execute_command=/linuxrc, execute_command=<NULL>
> > Bad pte = 0135c79f, process = linuxrc, vm_flags = 100073, vaddr =
> > 2aaae000
> > Call Trace:
> > [<80048d70>] dump_stack+0x8/0x34
> > [<8009ebb0>] vm_normal_page+0x68/0x90
> > [<8009f850>] unmap_vmas+0x1e8/0x5e8
> > [<800a3428>] unmap_region+0x9c/0x184
> > [<800a4268>] do_munmap+0x1b0/0x25c
> > [<800a4358>] sys_munmap+0x44/0x70
> > [<8004af40>] stack_done+0x20/0x3c
> > Bad pte = 0135e79f, process = linuxrc, vm_flags = 100073, vaddr =
> > 2aaae000
> > Call Trace:
> > [<80048d70>] dump_stack+0x8/0x34
> > [<8009ebb0>] vm_normal_page+0x68/0x90
> > [<8009f850>] unmap_vmas+0x1e8/0x5e8
> > [<800a3428>] unmap_region+0x9c/0x184
> > [<800a4268>] do_munmap+0x1b0/0x25c
> > [<800a4358>] sys_munmap+0x44/0x70
> > [<8004af40>] stack_done+0x20/0x3c
> > Bad pte = 0026079f, process = linuxrc, vm_flags = 100073, vaddr =
> > 2aaae000
> > Call Trace:
> > [<80048d70>] dump_stack+0x8/0x34
> > [<8009ebb0>] vm_normal_page+0x68/0x90
> > [<8009f850>] unmap_vmas+0x1e8/0x5e8
> > [<800a3428>] unmap_region+0x9c/0x184
> > [<800a4268>] do_munmap+0x1b0/0x25c
> > [<800a4358>] sys_munmap+0x44/0x70
> > [<8004af40>] stack_done+0x20/0x3c
> >  
> > .........
> >  
> > 
> > Best,
> > Figo.zhang
> > 
> 
>