[PATCH 0/3] arm64: Use pte manipulation functions for THP

Steve Capper steve.capper at linaro.org
Wed Feb 12 04:43:39 EST 2014


On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 02:16:08PM +0000, Steve Capper wrote:
> This series replaces the Transparent HugePage pmd manipulation
> functions with calls to the standard pte functions. This allows the THP
> code to take advantage of the new PTE_WRITE logic, and provides better
> parity with the HugeTLB code (which already uses the pte functions).
> 
> Testing was done on the Fast Model with LTP THP tests, and the 3.14-rc1
> kernel was used.

Hi,
Does this series look reasonable?

Thanks,
-- 
Steve

> 
> Steve Capper (3):
>   arm64: mm: Remove PMD_BIT_FUNC macro
>   arm64: mm: Route pmd thp functions through pte equivalents
>   arm64: mm: Correct definition of pmd_mknotpresent
> 
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 1.8.1.4
> 



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