Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: default PHYS_OFFSET if !MMU

Jonathan Austin
2013-12-04T16:40:27Z

Hi all,

On 13/11/13 11:46, Jonathan Austin wrote:
> Hi Ming,
>
> On 13/11/13 11:15, Ming Lei wrote:
>> From: Jonathan Austin <jonathan.austin@arm.com>
>>
>> Set CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET as PHYS_OFFSET when !MMU so that
>> we can keep CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET same with PAGE_OFFSET.
>>
>
> I'm not so sure about this commit message - I don't think
> it makes sense...Should it not be more like:
>
> ------->8-------
> Subject: ARM: set PAGE_OFFSET = PHYS_OFFSET if !MMU
>
> With !MMU we still set PAGE_OFFSET to 0xC0000000, which
> makes little sense and causes a regression on !MMU after
> f6537f2f0eba4eba ("scripts/kallsyms: filter symbols not
> kernel address space")
>
> This patch sets PAGE_OFFSET to PHYS_OFFSET in the !MMU
> case, fixing the regression (Tested on Cortex-R7/Vexpress)
> --------8<---------
>
> Russell: Will you pick this patch up from the list or does
> it need to go in through the patch system?

What's the status of this patch? Shall I put it in the patch system with
the commit message above? Or is it going via someone else?

Jonny

>
> Jonny
>
>> This patch and patch 2/2 fix regression on !MMU by
>> f6537f2f0eba4eba("scripts/kallsyms: filter symbols not
>> in kernel address space")
>>
>> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Austin <jonathan.austin@arm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> arch/arm/Kconfig | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
>> index 799ef94..db708c4 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
>> @@ -1560,6 +1560,7 @@ endchoice
>>
>> config PAGE_OFFSET
>> hex
>> + default PHYS_OFFSET if !MMU
>> default 0x40000000 if VMSPLIT_1G
>> default 0x80000000 if VMSPLIT_2G
>> default 0xC0000000
>>
>
>
>
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