[PATCH v2 0/4] ARM: mm: HugeTLB + THP support.
Steve Capper
steve.capper at linaro.org
Mon Jun 3 06:40:11 EDT 2013
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 04:31:16PM +0100, Steve Capper wrote:
> The following patches bring both HugeTLB support and Transparent
> HugePage (THP) support to ARM.
>
> Only long descriptors (LPAE) are supported in this series.
>
> The code has been tested on an Arndale board (Exynos 5250).
>
> This patch set is based on 3.10-rc2.
>
> Major changes since the Patch:
> * LPAE code has been separated from non-LPAE code (this series
> is the LPAE code).
> * PROT_NONE support for HugeTLB and THP has been implemented.
>
> Major changes since the RFC:
> * huge pmd sharing removed from the 3-level code as this was
> found to be very rarely, if ever?, used. This allowed for some
> code simplification.
>
> * hardware pmd bits for 2-levels of paging are now taken from
> mmu.c. Also the mapping code now uses pte/pmd bit helper
> functions rather than the custom pre-processor logic.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Steve
>
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone had any further comments on this series?
Russell,
Are you happy for these to go into your patch system, or should anything be
changed?
Thanks,
--
Steve
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