linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "ARM: 8433/1: add a VMSPLIT_3G

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Message-ID: <20170607093350.GJ4902@n2100.armlinux.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 7 Jun 2017 10:33:50 +0100
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@...wei.com>
Cc:     nico@...aro.org, catalin.marinas@....com, will.deacon@....com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        wangfangpeng1@...wei.com, guohanjun@...wei.com,
        matthias.bgg@...il.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "ARM: 8433/1: add a VMSPLIT_3G_OPT config option"

On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 04:59:32PM +0800, Yisheng Xie wrote:
> This reverts commit 63ce446c9b5787a94ed875bab20772e1a2b3092f.

There's no real reason to revert this, thereby removing it from non-LPAE
cases where it does work.  You've already shown adding a dependency for
LPAE on this option (or even vice versa) is enough to stop the problem
occuring.

IMHO, It would be better to make VMSPLIT_3G_OPT depend on !ARM_LPAE.

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