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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-06-13 20:52:39 -0700 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-06-13 20:52:39 -0700 |
commit | 4ae127d1b6c71f9240dd4245f240e6dd8fc98014 (patch) | |
tree | b7aa27b3e0c655f4613fe2146cb57d7f69e421f6 /arch/x86/mm/pat.c | |
parent | 875ec4333b99144e2589e900a0bcd2c25c757b27 (diff) | |
parent | 7775c9753b94fe429dc4323360d6502c95e0dd6e (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts:
drivers/net/smc911x.c
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm/pat.c')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/pat.c | 51 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c index de3a9981245..06b7a1c90fb 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void __cpuinit pat_disable(char *reason) printk(KERN_INFO "%s\n", reason); } -static int nopat(char *str) +static int __init nopat(char *str) { pat_disable("PAT support disabled."); return 0; @@ -151,32 +151,33 @@ static int pat_x_mtrr_type(u64 start, u64 end, unsigned long prot, unsigned long pat_type; u8 mtrr_type; - mtrr_type = mtrr_type_lookup(start, end); - if (mtrr_type == 0xFF) { /* MTRR not enabled */ - *ret_prot = prot; - return 0; - } - if (mtrr_type == 0xFE) { /* MTRR match error */ - *ret_prot = _PAGE_CACHE_UC; - return -1; - } - if (mtrr_type != MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE && - mtrr_type != MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK && - mtrr_type != MTRR_TYPE_WRCOMB) { /* MTRR type unhandled */ - *ret_prot = _PAGE_CACHE_UC; - return -1; - } - pat_type = prot & _PAGE_CACHE_MASK; prot &= (~_PAGE_CACHE_MASK); - /* Currently doing intersection by hand. Optimize it later. */ + /* + * We return the PAT request directly for types where PAT takes + * precedence with respect to MTRR and for UC_MINUS. + * Consistency checks with other PAT requests is done later + * while going through memtype list. + */ if (pat_type == _PAGE_CACHE_WC) { *ret_prot = prot | _PAGE_CACHE_WC; + return 0; } else if (pat_type == _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS) { *ret_prot = prot | _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS; - } else if (pat_type == _PAGE_CACHE_UC || - mtrr_type == MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE) { + return 0; + } else if (pat_type == _PAGE_CACHE_UC) { + *ret_prot = prot | _PAGE_CACHE_UC; + return 0; + } + + /* + * Look for MTRR hint to get the effective type in case where PAT + * request is for WB. + */ + mtrr_type = mtrr_type_lookup(start, end); + + if (mtrr_type == MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE) { *ret_prot = prot | _PAGE_CACHE_UC; } else if (mtrr_type == MTRR_TYPE_WRCOMB) { *ret_prot = prot | _PAGE_CACHE_WC; @@ -233,14 +234,12 @@ int reserve_memtype(u64 start, u64 end, unsigned long req_type, if (req_type == -1) { /* - * Special case where caller wants to inherit from mtrr or - * existing pat mapping, defaulting to UC_MINUS in case of - * no match. + * Call mtrr_lookup to get the type hint. This is an + * optimization for /dev/mem mmap'ers into WB memory (BIOS + * tools and ACPI tools). Use WB request for WB memory and use + * UC_MINUS otherwise. */ u8 mtrr_type = mtrr_type_lookup(start, end); - if (mtrr_type == 0xFE) { /* MTRR match error */ - err = -1; - } if (mtrr_type == MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK) { req_type = _PAGE_CACHE_WB; |