From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@google.com>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, PAT: honor CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM if pat is disable]
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:39:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110723123950.GA30098@tiehlicka.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E29C1DF.9080705@zytor.com>
On Fri 22-07-11 11:30:55, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 07/22/2011 10:31 AM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the clarification!
> > What do you think about fixing the nopat with STRICT_DEVMEM like the
> > patch does?
> >
>
> From what I gather from your patch, the issue is that STRICT_DEVMEM
> isn't being honored with nopat?
Yes.
> This is an obvious bug and should be fixed.
OK, thanks for confirmation. Should I just repost the patch without the
question about PAT vs. /dev/[k]mem or you will just pick it up from
there? Or would you preffer a different fix?
Thanks
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
SUSE LINUX s.r.o.
Lihovarska 1060/12
190 00 Praha 9
Czech Republic
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-23 12:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-22 9:11 Michal Hocko
2011-07-22 16:15 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-22 17:31 ` Michal Hocko
2011-07-22 18:30 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-23 12:39 ` Michal Hocko [this message]
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