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Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:49:23 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>
Cc:	X86-ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
	Chao Wang <chaowang@...hat.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] x86: Move enabling of PSE and PGE out of init_memory_mapping

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com> wrote:
>> Depending on the platform, init_memory_mapping() may be called multiple
>> times. Move it out to setup_arch() to avoid writing to cr4 on every call.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kernel/setup.c |   10 ++++++++++
>>  arch/x86/mm/init.c      |   10 ----------
>>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
>> index f4b9b80..751e020 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
>> @@ -913,6 +913,16 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
>>
>>         init_gbpages();
>>
>> +       /* Enable PSE if available */
>> +       if (cpu_has_pse)
>> +               set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_PSE);
>> +
>> +       /* Enable PGE if available */
>> +       if (cpu_has_pge) {
>> +               set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_PGE);
>> +               __supported_pte_mask |= _PAGE_GLOBAL;
>> +       }
>> +
>
> please don't put it directly in setup_arch().
>
> and another function.
>

Jacob, hpa

can you use attached one to replace the first patch?

Thanks

Yinghai

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