From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63857C35242 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:27:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0F6D420718 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:27:14 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="mJdZTvPN" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 0F6D420718 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48LYtR3J73zDqfM for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 17:27:11 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=kernel.org (client-ip=198.145.29.99; helo=mail.kernel.org; envelope-from=rppt@kernel.org; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=default header.b=mJdZTvPN; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48LYpn4smqzDqVQ for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 17:24:01 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from hump (unknown [87.71.56.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6A24120718; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:23:50 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1581920638; bh=/x16WuB9ipweEdbRODxI3vPb27s/qMR9LxZj9eSXNFE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=mJdZTvPNP7YeXjSuzPzV/mVObPxfKwGHjQ8p+ZHMpTmRtHHC4KJ+V+9rVhTjyc//R yxkqqla61U/GzHYInQ60SIgL3AIru2SOxlhJ63F/uuX7uFtPbBAVrgP2PtOiwMtu2+ 8lDq6YKKg11ilpAZTu8jTZrVhQnL/nAs55Me23Y8= Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:23:44 +0200 From: Mike Rapoport To: Russell King - ARM Linux admin Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] mm: remove __ARCH_HAS_5LEVEL_HACK Message-ID: <20200217062344.GA4729@hump> References: <20200216081843.28670-1-rppt@kernel.org> <20200216082230.GV25745@shell.armlinux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200216082230.GV25745@shell.armlinux.org.uk> X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Rich Felker , linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, Geert Uytterhoeven , linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, Paul Mackerras , linux-hexagon@vger.kernel.org, Will Deacon , kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu, Jonas Bonn , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Brian Cain , Marc Zyngier , Ley Foon Tan , Mike Rapoport , Catalin Marinas , Julien Thierry , uclinux-h8-devel@lists.sourceforge.jp, Fenghua Yu , Arnd Bergmann , Suzuki K Poulose , kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, Stefan Kristiansson , openrisc@lists.librecores.org, Stafford Horne , Guan Xuetao , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Tony Luck , Yoshinori Sato , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, James Morse , nios2-dev@lists.rocketboards.org, Andrew Morton , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 08:22:30AM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote: > On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 10:18:30AM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote: > > From: Mike Rapoport > > > > Hi, > > > > These patches convert several architectures to use page table folding and > > remove __ARCH_HAS_5LEVEL_HACK along with include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h. > > > > The changes are mostly about mechanical replacement of pgd accessors with p4d > > ones and the addition of higher levels to page table traversals. > > > > All the patches were sent separately to the respective arch lists and > > maintainers hence the "v2" prefix. > > You fail to explain why this change which adds 488 additional lines of > code is desirable. Right, I should have been more explicit about it. As Christophe mentioned in his reply, removing 'HACK' and 'fixup' is an improvement. Another thing is that when all architectures behave the same it opens opportunities for cleaning up repeating definitions of page table manipulation primitives. > -- > RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ > FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line in suburbia: sync at 12.1Mbps down 622kbps up > According to speedtest.net: 11.9Mbps down 500kbps up -- Sincerely yours, Mike.