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From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Jimmie Mayfield <mayfield+kernel@sackheads.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Athlon fast_copy_page revisited
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 15:06:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B1544B9.CE5F40DB@didntduck.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E155AmZ-0006NL-00@the-village.bc.nu>

Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > schemes in user-space but if I try in kernel space, I get the notorious crash inside
> > fast_copy_page.  (If there was some sort of fundamental hardware problem associated with
> > prefetch or streaming, wouldn't it also show up in user-space?)  Note: I've yet to try the
> 
> That has been one of the great puzzles. There are patterns that are very
> different in kernel space - notably physically linear memory and code running
> from a 4Mb tlb.

Have you tried hacking the kernel to only use 4k page tables (ie. filter
out the PSE capability bit)?  A shot in the dark, but probably worth
trying.

--

				Brian Gerst

  reply	other threads:[~2001-05-30 19:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-30 18:08 Athlon fast_copy_page revisited Jimmie Mayfield
2001-05-30 18:33 ` Alan Cox
2001-05-30 19:06   ` Brian Gerst [this message]
     [not found] <fa.f5i683v.igqsp3@ifi.uio.no>
2001-06-02 17:38 ` Gordon Sadler

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