linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -fixes] riscv: Do not restrict memory size because of linear mapping on nommu

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUktxDyDUtcvgHR5vH_JXacvM3DQuW_65DB=abJDcEE8g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 09:11:39 +0200
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com>
Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>, 
	Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, David McKay <david.mckay@...asip.com>, 
	Stuart Menefy <stuart.menefy@...asip.com>, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -fixes] riscv: Do not restrict memory size because of
 linear mapping on nommu

Hi Alex,

On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 8:52 AM Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com> wrote:
> It makes no sense to restrict physical memory size because of linear
> mapping size constraints when there is no linear mapping, so only do
> that when mmu is enabled.
>
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/CAMuHMdW0bnJt5GMRtOZGkTiM7GK4UaLJCDMF_Ouq++fnDKi3_A@mail.gmail.com/
> Fixes: 3b6564427aea ("riscv: Fix linear mapping checks for non-contiguous memory regions")
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com>

Thanks for your patch!
Sorry, I didn't get to test the preview yesterday...

Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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