[PATCH v2] Revert "mm/pgtable: add stubs for {pmd/pub}_{set/clear}_huge"
Michael Ellerman
mpe at ellerman.id.au
Fri Jul 23 22:04:10 AEST 2021
Will Deacon <will at kernel.org> writes:
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2021 17:02:13 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> This reverts commit c742199a014de23ee92055c2473d91fe5561ffdf.
>>
>> c742199a014d ("mm/pgtable: add stubs for {pmd/pub}_{set/clear}_huge")
>> breaks arm64 in at least two ways for configurations where PUD or PMD
>> folding occur:
>>
>> 1. We no longer install huge-vmap mappings and silently fall back to
>> page-granular entries, despite being able to install block entries
>> at what is effectively the PGD level.
>>
>> [...]
>
> Thank you Michael! I owe you a beer next time I see you, if we don't go
> extinct before then.
No worries, thanks to Christophe for identifying the solution while on
vacation!
Beers seem a long way off, but hopefully one day :)
cheers
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