linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] trim memory not covered by WB MTRRs

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:29:18 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>
To:	Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@...el.com>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] trim memory not covered by WB MTRRs



On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Jesse Barnes wrote:

> On Monday, June 25, 2007 3:01:27 Andrew Morton wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:34:42 -0700
>>
>> Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@...el.com> wrote:
>>> akpm -- this one should replace all the mtrr patches currently
>>> in your tree.
>>
>> fear, uncertainty, doubt.
>>
>> box:/usr/src/25> grep mtrr series
>> x86_64-mm-bug-in-i386-mtrr-initialization.patch
>> x86-fix-section-mismatch-warnings-in-mtrr.patch
>> i386-x86_64-trim-memory-not-covered-by-wb-mtrrs.patch
>> i386-x86_64-trim-memory-not-covered-by-wb-mtrrs-fix.patch
>> i386-x86_64-trim-memory-not-covered-by-wb-mtrrs-fix-2.patch
>> i386-mtrr-clean-up-usage_table.patch
>>
>> Not all of those, I'm sure.  I think you're referring to the final
>> four.  I guess if it doesn't compile (again) I'll find out ;)
>
> Oops, correct.  I forgot you were carrying some MTRR patches not
> authored by me.  :)  Yeah, the last four are the ones I meant.
>
> Thanks,
> Jesse
>

Hi Jesse,

Tested your patch against 2.6.22-rc6, working good so far!

$ uname -r
2.6.22-rc6

Mem:   8039576k total,  1056500k used,  6983076k free,     2420k buffers
Swap: 16787768k total,        0k used, 16787768k free,   127128k cached

Justin.

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