From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr_cleanup update command line and doc mtrrcleanup_debug
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:03:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48E2A234.5030809@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1222812086-15774-1-git-send-email-yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
Looks good to me.
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
I'll add it to tip:x86/mtrr in a bit.
-hpa
Yinghai Lu wrote:
> change enable_mtrr_cleanup to mtrrcleanup, disable_mtrr_cleanup to nomtrrcleanup.
> so doc mtrrcleanup_debug.
>
> and change MTRR_SANITIZER to def_bool y
>
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
>
> ---
> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +++++--
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 6 +++---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c | 6 +++---
> 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ linux-2.6/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -614,12 +614,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
> See drivers/char/README.epca and
> Documentation/digiepca.txt.
>
> - disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
> - enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
> + nomtrrcleanup [X86]
> + mtrrcleanup [X86]
> The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
> to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
> entry later. This parameter enables/disables that.
>
> + mtrrcleanup_debug [X86]
> + print out more debug info for mtrr cleanup.
> +
> mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
> used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continous chunk
> that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
> Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/Kconfig
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -1243,18 +1243,18 @@ config MTRR
> See <file:Documentation/x86/mtrr.txt> for more information.
>
> config MTRR_SANITIZER
> - bool
> + def_bool y
> prompt "MTRR cleanup support"
> depends on MTRR
> help
> Convert MTRR layout from continuous to discrete, so X drivers can
> add writeback entries.
>
> - Can be disabled with disable_mtrr_cleanup on the kernel command line.
> + Can be disabled with nomtrrcleanup on the kernel command line.
> The largest mtrr entry size for a continous block can be set with
> mtrr_chunk_size.
>
> - If unsure, say N.
> + If unsure, say Y.
>
> config MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT
> int "MTRR cleanup enable value (0-1)"
> Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
> @@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static int __init disable_mtrr_cleanup_s
> enable_mtrr_cleanup = 0;
> return 0;
> }
> -early_param("disable_mtrr_cleanup", disable_mtrr_cleanup_setup);
> +early_param("nomtrrcleanup", disable_mtrr_cleanup_setup);
>
> static int __init enable_mtrr_cleanup_setup(char *str)
> {
> @@ -834,14 +834,14 @@ static int __init enable_mtrr_cleanup_se
> enable_mtrr_cleanup = 1;
> return 0;
> }
> -early_param("enable_mtrr_cleanup", enable_mtrr_cleanup_setup);
> +early_param("mtrrcleanup", enable_mtrr_cleanup_setup);
>
> static int __init mtrr_cleanup_debug_setup(char *str)
> {
> debug_print = 1;
> return 0;
> }
> -early_param("mtrr_cleanup_debug", mtrr_cleanup_debug_setup);
> +early_param("mtrrcleanup_debug", mtrr_cleanup_debug_setup);
>
> struct var_mtrr_state {
> unsigned long range_startk;
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2008-09-30 22:01 [PATCH] x86: mtrr_cleanup update command line and doc mtrrcleanup_debug Yinghai Lu
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