linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/11] x86, mm, pat: Change reserve

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Message-ID: <53C5C066.2060707@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2014 16:59:34 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
CC:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	plagnioj@...osoft.com, tomi.valkeinen@...com,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@...onical.com>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/11] x86, mm, pat: Change reserve_memtype() to handle
 WT type

On 07/15/2014 04:54 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> 
> From vague memory, the current mechanism for tracking RAM memtypes (as
> opposed to memtypes for everything that isn't RAM) is limited to a
> very small number of types, leading to oddities like not being able to
> create WT ram with this patchset.
> 
> Using the pagetables directly would be simpler (no extra data
> structure) and would automatically exactly track the set of memtypes
> that can fit in the pagetable structures.
> 

I don't think there is anything fundamental, though.  The number of
types had more to do with what there was demand for.  I will look into it.

	-hpa


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