linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] powerpc/8xx: implementation of huge pages

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Date:	Sun, 14 Aug 2016 19:33:05 +0200
From:	christophe leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
	Scott Wood <oss@...error.net>
Cc:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] powerpc/8xx: implementation of huge pages

Le 14/08/2016 à 16:27, Aneesh Kumar K.V a écrit :
> Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr> writes:
>
>> This set provides implementation of huge pages on the 8xx
>>
>> Christophe Leroy (6):
>>   powerpc: port 64 bits pgtable_cache to 32 bits
>>   powerpc: fix usage of _PAGE_RO in hugepage
>>   powerpc/8xx: use r3 to scratch CR in ITLBmiss
>>   powerpc/8xx: Move additional DTLBMiss handlers out of exception area
>>   powerpc/8xx: make user addr DTLB miss the short path
>>   powerpc/8xx: implementation of huge pages
>
> Patch 2,3,4,5 are not really related to hugepage implementation right ?
> May be that can be sent as a separate series ?
>

Patch 2 is a lack in gup_hugepte: on 8xx, _PAGE_RW (hence _PAGE_WRITE) 
is defined as 0 and _PAGE_RO must be set when the page in not writeable. 
So that's a prerequisite to implementation of huge page

Patch 3, 4, 5 are prerequisits for the implementation of huge page 
handling in the TLB miss handlers:
* 3: for huge pages implementation we need to branch base of value of 
bit 28 and 29 of the PGD entry. For this we need to preserve CR.
* 4: With the instructions related to hugepages, there is not enough 
space anymore in the TLB Exception areas, so part of the it has to be 
moved away.
* 5: That one might be seen as not directly related to hugepages, but it 
requires patch 3.

Maybe I should reorder into 3, 4, 5, 2, 1, 6 ?

Christophe

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