linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix pud_alloc

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Date:   Thu, 4 Jun 2020 13:36:22 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Cc:     Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, peterz@...radead.org,
        jroedel@...e.de, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Satheesh Rajendran <sathnaga@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        manvanth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, hch@....de,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix pud_alloc_track()

On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 19:48:14 +0300 Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 09:44:46AM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> > From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
> > 
> > The pud_alloc_track() needs to do different checks based on whether
> > __ARCH_HAS_5LEVEL_HACK is defined, like it already does in
> > pud_alloc(). Otherwise it causes boot failures on PowerPC.
> > 
> > Provide the correct implementations for both possible settings of
> > __ARCH_HAS_5LEVEL_HACK to fix the boot problems.
> 
> There is a patch in mmotm [1] that completely removes
> __ARCH_HAS_5LEVEL_HACK which is a part of the series [2] that updates
> p4d folding accross architectures. This should fix boot on PowerPC and
> the addition of pXd_alloc_track() for __ARCH_HAS_5LEVEL_HACK wouldn't be
> necessary.
> 
> 
> [1] https://github.com/hnaz/linux-mm/commit/cfae68792af3731ac902ea6ba5ed8df5a0f6bd2f
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/kvmarm/20200414153455.21744-1-rppt@kernel.org/

That patchset is stacked up behind many other patches, including all
the powerpc stuff in linux-next :(

As it's a big bug fix, I'll pull those patches forward, hopefully send it
all Linuswards later today...