linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86: clean up use of system_state in virt_addr

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Date:	Thu, 5 Mar 2009 14:59:39 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86: clean up use of system_state in
	virt_addr_valid and co


* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:

> These two changes remove the tests based on system_state in the virt_addr_valid/phys_addr functions.
> It replaces the i386 test with an explicit flag to indicate whether the vmalloc range has been determined,
> and on x86-64, it pre-initializes the x86_phys_bits to a reasonable number so that there's no dependency
> on init order.
>
> 	J
>
> The following changes since commit 4d02f9f7dac27f801fed69be8ebb0b95b798b12c:
>  Ingo Molnar (1):
>        Merge branch 'x86/urgent'
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
>  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen.git x86/virt
>
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge (2):
>      x86-32: use specific __vmalloc_start_set flag in __virt_addr_valid
>      x86-64: pre-initialize boot_cpu_data.x86_phys_bits to avoid system_state tests
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32_types.h |    5 +++++
> arch/x86/kernel/setup.c                 |    4 +++-
> arch/x86/mm/init_32.c                   |    3 +++
> arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c                   |   14 +++++---------
> 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Pulled into tip:x86/mm, thanks Jeremy!

Note, there were some conflicts with other changes so i 
cherry-picked them and fixed them up - please double-check the 
end result in tip:master.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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