linux-kernel - RE: [patch 4/8] x86 PAT: hooks in generic vm code to help archs to track pfnmap regions

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Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:07:56 -0800
From:	"Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	"mingo@...e.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"npiggin@...e.de" <npiggin@...e.de>,
	"hugh@...itas.com" <hugh@...itas.com>,
	"rdreier@...co.com" <rdreier@...co.com>,
	"jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org" <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	"jeremy@...p.org" <jeremy@...p.org>,
	"arjan@...radead.org" <arjan@...radead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [patch 4/8] x86 PAT: hooks in generic vm code to help archs to
 track pfnmap regions

 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Morton [mailto:akpm@...ux-foundation.org] 
>Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:57 AM
>To: Pallipadi, Venkatesh
>Cc: mingo@...e.hu; tglx@...utronix.de; hpa@...or.com; 
>npiggin@...e.de; hugh@...itas.com; rdreier@...co.com; 
>jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org; jeremy@...p.org; 
>arjan@...radead.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Pallipadi, 
>Venkatesh; Siddha, Suresh B
>Subject: Re: [patch 4/8] x86 PAT: hooks in generic vm code to 
>help archs to track pfnmap regions
>
>On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:26:51 -0800
>Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com> wrote:
>
>> --- tip.orig/mm/memory.c	2008-11-11 10:10:11.000000000 -0800
>> +++ tip/mm/memory.c	2008-11-11 12:10:18.000000000 -0800
>> @@ -99,6 +99,28 @@ int randomize_va_space __read_mostly =
>>  					2;
>>  #endif
>>  
>> +#ifndef track_pfn_vma_new
>> +int track_pfn_vma_new(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pgprot_t prot,
>> +			unsigned long pfn, unsigned long size)
>> +{
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +#ifndef track_pfn_vma_copy
>> +int track_pfn_vma_copy(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>> +{
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +#ifndef untrack_pfn_vma
>> +void untrack_pfn_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long pfn,
>> +			unsigned long size)
>> +{
>> +}
>> +#endif
>
>Using __weak would provide a somewhat neater result here.
>

Thought about that. But, then remembered the issues with gcc versions and __weak, as in here
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/5/1/368

and decided to take the safer approach.

Thanks,
Venki--
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