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Message-ID: <20170623144915.4d6esghvicnczuaj@black.fi.intel.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:49:15 +0300
From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Last bits for initial 5-level paging enabling
On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 11:06:01AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> > As Ingo requested I've split and updated last two patches for my previous
> > patchset.
> >
> > Please review and consider applying.
> >
> > Kirill A. Shutemov (5):
> > x86: Enable 5-level paging support
> > x86/mm: Rename tasksize_32bit/64bit to task_size_32bit/64bit
> > x86/mpx: Do not allow MPX if we have mappings above 47-bit
> > x86/mm: Prepare to expose larger address space to userspace
> > x86/mm: Allow userspace have mapping above 47-bit
>
> Ok, looks pretty neat now.
>
> Can I apply them in this order cleanly, without breaking bisection:
>
> > x86/mm: Rename tasksize_32bit/64bit to task_size_32bit/64bit
> > x86/mpx: Do not allow MPX if we have mappings above 47-bit
> > x86/mm: Prepare to expose larger address space to userspace
> > x86/mm: Allow userspace have mapping above 47-bit
> > x86: Enable 5-level paging support
>
> ?
>
> I.e. I'd like to move the first patch last.
>
> The reason is that we should first get all quirks and assumptions fixed, all
> facilities implemented - and only then enable 5-level paging as a final step which
> produces a well working kernel.
>
> (This should also make it slightly easier to analyze any potential regressions in
> earlier patches.)
Just checked bisectability with this order on allmodconfig -- works fine.
--
Kirill A. Shutemov
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