From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753064Ab1AYKEP (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:04:15 -0500 Received: from service87.mimecast.com ([94.185.240.25]:35688 "HELO service87.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752017Ab1AYKEO convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:04:14 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 08/19] ARM: LPAE: Introduce the 3-level page table format definitions From: Catalin Marinas To: Russell King - ARM Linux Cc: Nick Piggin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org In-Reply-To: <20110124214225.GO24104@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1295891761-18366-1-git-send-email-catalin.marinas@arm.com> <1295891761-18366-9-git-send-email-catalin.marinas@arm.com> <20110124214225.GO24104@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> Organization: ARM Limited Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:04:02 +0000 Message-ID: <1295949842.10109.16.camel@e102109-lin.cambridge.arm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Jan 2011 10:04:07.0293 (UTC) FILETIME=[3430BAD0:01CBBC77] X-MC-Unique: 111012510041102101 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 21:42 +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 08:26:42AM +1100, Nick Piggin wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Catalin Marinas > > wrote: > > > This patch introduces the pgtable-3level*.h files with definitions > > > specific to the LPAE page table format (3 levels of page tables). > > > > Seeing as you're shaking up these definitions, what do you think about > > switching from 4level-fixup.h to pgtable-nopud.h / pgtable-nopmd.h headers? > > One day eventually it would be nice to get rid of the fixup mode. > > I have patches to do this which I de-queued for the last merge window. > It's not entirely trivial and without problem. You can find the patches > in linux-next now. > > I was waiting for the new set of patches from Catalin before going back > and working out the solutions to some of those problems. I'm fine with going this route but I haven't had time to review your patches yet (have they been posted to the list, I've been busy lately and haven't followed everything). Thanks. -- Catalin