From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
"linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 00/33] 5-level paging
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 22:09:11 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170306190911.GB27719@node.shutemov.name> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFyL7UDP4AyscTOO=pxYuFG2GkG_rbEPgqBMBwkEi7t3vw@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 11:03:56AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> >
> > We probably need to split it apart:
> >
> > - Apply the mm core only parts to a branch which can be pulled into
> > Andrews mm-tree
> >
> > - Base the x86 changes on top of it
>
> I'll happily take some of the preparatory patches for 4.11 too. Some
> of them just don't seem to have any downside. The cpuid stuff, and the
> basic scaffolding we could easily merge early. That includes the dummy
> 5level code, ie "5level-fixup.h" and even some of the mm side that
> doesn't actually change anything and just prepares for the real code.
The first 7 patches are relatively low-risk. It would be nice to have them
in earlier.
I'm commited to address any possible drawbacks quickly if you considering
applying it into v4.11.
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Kirill A. Shutemov
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Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-06 13:53 [PATCHv4 00/33] 5-level paging Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 01/33] x86/cpufeature: Add 5-level paging detection Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 02/33] asm-generic: introduce 5level-fixup.h Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 03/33] asm-generic: introduce __ARCH_USE_5LEVEL_HACK Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 04/33] arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 05/33] asm-generic: introduce <asm-generic/pgtable-nop4d.h> Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 06/33] mm: convert generic code to 5-level paging Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 07/33] mm: introduce __p4d_alloc() Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 08/33] x86: basic changes into headers for 5-level paging Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 09/33] x86: trivial portion of 5-level paging conversion Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 10/33] x86/gup: add 5-level paging support Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 11/33] x86/ident_map: " Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 12/33] x86/mm: add support of p4d_t in vmalloc_fault() Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 13/33] x86/power: support p4d_t in hibernate code Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 14/33] x86/kexec: support p4d_t Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 15/33] x86/efi: handle p4d in EFI pagetables Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 16/33] x86/mm/pat: handle additional page table Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 17/33] x86/kasan: prepare clear_pgds() to switch to <asm-generic/pgtable-nop4d.h> Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 18/33] x86/xen: convert __xen_pgd_walk() and xen_cleanmfnmap() to support p4d Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 20:48 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2017-03-07 13:00 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-07 18:18 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2017-03-07 18:26 ` [Xen-devel] " Andrew Cooper
2017-03-07 18:45 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 19/33] x86: convert the rest of the code to support p4d_t Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 20/33] x86: detect 5-level paging support Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 21/33] x86/asm: remove __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT==47 assert Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 22/33] x86/mm: define virtual memory map for 5-level paging Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 23/33] x86/paravirt: make paravirt code support " Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 24/33] x86/mm: basic defines/helpers for CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 25/33] x86/dump_pagetables: support 5-level paging Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 26/33] x86/kasan: extend to " Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 27/33] x86/espfix: " Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 28/33] x86/mm: add support of additional page table level during early boot Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 20:05 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2017-03-06 20:23 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 29/33] x86/mm: add sync_global_pgds() for configuration with 5-level paging Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 30/33] x86/mm: make kernel_physical_mapping_init() support " Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 31/33] x86/mm: add support for 5-level paging for KASLR Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 32/33] x86: enable 5-level paging support Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 13:53 ` [PATCHv4 33/33] x86/mm: allow to have userspace mappigs above 47-bits Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-03-06 18:27 ` [PATCHv4 00/33] 5-level paging Linus Torvalds
2017-03-06 18:42 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-03-06 19:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-03-06 19:09 ` Kirill A. Shutemov [this message]
2017-03-06 19:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-03-07 0:41 ` Stephen Rothwell
2017-03-07 9:32 ` Thomas Gleixner
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