[PATCH 2/3] powerpc: Split mmu_context handling
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Dec 4 18:10:13 EST 2008
On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 17:17 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Please don't make unrelated trivial fixups - they just make us look hard
> to see if something really changed.
Ooops... caught :-)
> > -/*
> > - * switch_mm is the entry point called from the architecture independent
> > +/* switch_mm is the entry point called from the architecture independent
>
> The same goes for just changing the comment style away from the usual ...
Yeah, I felt that file had way too much white space in it :-)
> > --- linux-work.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S 2008-12-03 13:50:01.000000000 +1100
> > +++ linux-work/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S 2008-12-03 13:50:18.000000000 +1100
> > @@ -1050,7 +1051,7 @@ start_here:
> > * We do this here because we know the mmu is disabled, and
> > * will be enabled for real in just a few instructions.
> > */
> > - lis r5, abatron_pteptrs at h
> > + lis r5, abatron_pteptrs at h\
> ^
> Is this right?
Nope.
I really should review my own patches before posting them :-) Guess I
was in a hurry to go home.
> > +++ linux-work/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_hash32.c 2008-12-03 13:50:18.000000000 +1100
> > +/*
> > + * This function defines the mapping from contexts to VSIDs (virtual
> > + * segment IDs). We use a skew on both the context and the high 4 bits
> > + * of the 32-bit virtual address (the "effective segment ID") in order
> > + * to spread out the entries in the MMU hash table. Note, if this
> > + * function is changed then arch/ppc/mm/hashtable.S will have to be
> > + * changed to correspond.
> > + */
> > +#define CTX_TO_VSID(ctx, va) (((ctx) * (897 * 16) + ((va) >> 28) * 0x111) \
> > + & 0xffffff)
>
> Any reason this is not a static inline function? Hmmm, actually it
> doesn't look like it is used anywhere ... I guess its just for
> documentation?
This is just moved from it's previous location in mmu_context.h, and
yes, as it is, it's mostly documentation.
> > +++ linux-work/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_nohash.c 2008-12-03 13:50:18.000000000 +1100
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_8xx
> > +#define NO_CONTEXT 16
> > +#define LAST_CONTEXT 15
> > +#define FIRST_CONTEXT 0
> > +
> > +#elif defined(CONFIG_4xx)
> > +#define NO_CONTEXT 256
> > +#define LAST_CONTEXT 255
> > +#define FIRST_CONTEXT 1
> > +
> > +#elif defined(CONFIG_E200) || defined(CONFIG_E500)
> > +#define NO_CONTEXT 256
> > +#define LAST_CONTEXT 255
> > +#define FIRST_CONTEXT 1
>
> Why not combine these last two?
I think some FSL can get more contexts, dunno, this is also just
existing code moved. In any case, I plan to remove those and make the
whole context count runtime selected anyway.
> > +static unsigned long next_mmu_context;
>
> > + /* free up context `next_mmu_context' */
> > + /* if we shouldn't free context 0, don't... */
> > + if (next_mmu_context < FIRST_CONTEXT)
>
> If FIRST_CONTEXT is 0, this will generate a compiler warning (as
> next_mmu_context can't be < 0).
Same as above, existing code moved from mmu_context_32.c, not the place
to change that though it's a good catch. I don't think I still have this
issue after the next patch but I'll dbl check.
> > +config PPC_MMU_NOHASH_32
> > + def_bool y
> > + depends on PPC_MMU_NOHASH && PPC32
> > +
> > +config PPC_MMU_NOHASH_64
> > + def_bool y
> > + depends on PPC_MMU_NOHASH && PPC64
>
> Neither of these are used anywhere.
Right well... I had something in mind for those that didn't make it into
this patch, I can remove them.
Cheers,
Ben.
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