From: marc.zyngier@arm•com (Marc Zyngier)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] ARM: KVM: fix HYP mapping limitations around zero
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:40:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <515D74B2.5030509@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130403231409.GB29227@gmail.com>
On 04/04/13 00:14, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 02:25:10PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> The current code for creating HYP mapping doesn't like to wrap
>> around zero, which prevents from mapping anything into the last
>> page of the virtual address space.
>>
>> It doesn't take much effort to remove this limitation, making
>> the code more consistent with the rest of the kernel in the process.
>
> This is quite funny, the code used to behave like this, but
> reviewers said that this was old fashioned mm-style code that was
> unwanted and wrapping around zero should be avoided for all costs :)
My original attempt at this series was using the very last page of the
memory, and it took me a while to notice that the code couldn't map
anything in the last page.
Just for this reason, the code needed to be fixed.
> In any case, I welcome the familiarity.
Amen.
M.
--
Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-04 12:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-02 13:25 [PATCH 0/7] ARM: KVM: Revamping the HYP init code for fun and profit Marc Zyngier
2013-04-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 1/7] ARM: KVM: simplify HYP mapping population Marc Zyngier
2013-04-03 23:13 ` Christoffer Dall
2013-04-04 12:35 ` Marc Zyngier
2013-04-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 2/7] ARM: KVM: fix HYP mapping limitations around zero Marc Zyngier
2013-04-03 23:14 ` Christoffer Dall
2013-04-04 12:40 ` Marc Zyngier [this message]
2013-04-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 3/7] ARM: KVM: move to a KVM provided HYP idmap Marc Zyngier
2013-04-03 9:43 ` Will Deacon
2013-04-03 9:46 ` Marc Zyngier
2013-04-03 23:14 ` Christoffer Dall
2013-04-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 4/7] ARM: KVM: enforce page alignment for identity mapped code Marc Zyngier
2013-04-03 9:50 ` Will Deacon
2013-04-03 10:00 ` Marc Zyngier
2013-04-03 23:15 ` Christoffer Dall
2013-04-04 10:47 ` Marc Zyngier
2013-04-04 15:32 ` Christoffer Dall
2013-04-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 5/7] ARM: KVM: parametrize HYP page table freeing Marc Zyngier
2013-04-03 23:15 ` Christoffer Dall
2013-04-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 6/7] ARM: KVM: switch to a dual-step HYP init code Marc Zyngier
2013-04-03 10:07 ` Will Deacon
2013-04-03 10:38 ` Marc Zyngier
2013-04-03 23:15 ` Christoffer Dall
2013-04-04 11:05 ` Marc Zyngier
2013-04-03 23:15 ` Christoffer Dall
2013-04-04 12:52 ` Marc Zyngier
2013-04-04 22:10 ` Geoff Levand
2013-04-05 9:08 ` Marc Zyngier
2013-04-05 16:46 ` Geoff Levand
2013-04-05 16:54 ` Marc Zyngier
2013-04-18 15:54 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-04-18 16:01 ` Marc Zyngier
2013-04-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 7/7] ARM: KVM: perform HYP initilization for hotplugged CPUs Marc Zyngier
2013-04-03 23:16 ` Christoffer Dall
2013-04-03 23:18 ` [PATCH 0/7] ARM: KVM: Revamping the HYP init code for fun and profit Christoffer Dall
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