From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [103.22.144.67]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C6B301A051A for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:19:15 +1100 (AEDT) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:16:08 +1100 From: Paul Mackerras To: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Michael Ellerman Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] powerpc/mm/book3s-64: Use physical addresses in upper page table tree levels Message-ID: <20160223011608.GA26469@fergus.ozlabs.ibm.com> References: <1456108880-27464-1-git-send-email-paulus@ozlabs.org> <1456108880-27464-4-git-send-email-paulus@ozlabs.org> <871t85finc.fsf@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <871t85finc.fsf@linux.vnet.ibm.com> List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:25:51AM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > Paul Mackerras writes: > > > From: Paul Mackerras > > > > This changes the Linux page tables to store physical addresses > > rather than kernel virtual addresses in the upper levels of the > > tree (pgd, pud and pmd) for 64-bit Book 3S machines. > > > > This frees up some high order bits, and will be needed with > > PowerISA v3.0 machines which read the page table tree in hardware > > in radix mode. > > How about hugepd pointer with 4k linux page size ? Yes, I need to fix them too. New series coming... Paul.