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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Cc: konrad@darnok.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
	mingo@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de, stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/i386: Check PSE bit before using PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE.
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 13:21:02 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FC7D2AE.9080603@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1338493218-25006-1-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com>

On 05/31/2012 12:40 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> During bootup we would unconditionally do this on any
> machine that was built with CONFIG_NUMA=y on i386:
> 
> setup_arch
>   \-initmem_init
>       \-x86_numa_init (with dummy_init as callback)
>           \- init_alloc_remap
>                \- set_pmd_pfn (with PAGE_PSE)
> 
> without checking to see if the CPU supports PSE. This
> patch adds that and also allows the init_alloc_remap function
> to properly work by falling back on PTEs.
> 

Well, the code looks like it is PAE-specific, and PAE implies PSE.

Xen breaks that, but that is a divergence of Xen from x86.

	-hpa




  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-31 20:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-31 19:40 [PATCH] x86/i386: Check PSE bit before using PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-05-31 20:21 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-05-31 20:35   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-05-31 23:02     ` H. Peter Anvin

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