linux/arch/x86
venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com cdecff6864 x86 PAT: return compatible mapping to remap_pfn_range callers
Impact: avoid warning message, potentially solve 3D performance regression

Change x86 PAT code to return compatible memtype if the exact memtype that
was requested in remap_pfn_rage and friends is not available due to some
conflict.

This is done by returning the compatible type in pgprot parameter of
track_pfn_vma_new(), and the caller uses that memtype for page table.

Note that track_pfn_vma_copy() which is basically called during fork gets the
prot from existing page table and should not have any conflict. Hence we use
strict memtype check there and do not allow compatible memtypes.

This patch fixes the bug reported here:

  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123108883716357&w=2

Specifically the error message:

  X:5010 map pfn expected mapping type write-back for d0000000-d0101000,
  got write-combining

Should go away.

Reported-and-bisected-by: Kevin Winchester <kjwinchester@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-13 19:13:02 +01:00
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boot Merge branches 'x86/apic', 'x86/cleanups', 'x86/cpufeature', 'x86/crashdump', 'x86/debug', 'x86/defconfig', 'x86/detect-hyper', 'x86/doc', 'x86/dumpstack', 'x86/early-printk', 'x86/fpu', 'x86/idle', 'x86/io', 'x86/memory-corruption-check', 'x86/microcode', 'x86/mm', 'x86/mtrr', 'x86/nmi-watchdog', 'x86/pat2', 'x86/pci-ioapic-boot-irq-quirks', 'x86/ptrace', 'x86/quirks', 'x86/reboot', 'x86/setup-memory', 'x86/signal', 'x86/sparse-fixes', 'x86/time', 'x86/uv' and 'x86/xen' into x86/core 2008-12-23 16:27:23 +01:00
configs x86: revert CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y defconfig change 2008-12-18 20:57:29 +01:00
crypto crypto: crc32c-intel - Switch to shash 2008-12-25 11:01:37 +11:00
ia32 x86: introducing asm/sys_ia32.h 2008-12-29 13:18:40 +01:00
include/asm x86 PAT: consolidate old memtype new memtype check into a function 2009-01-13 19:13:00 +01:00
kernel Revert "i386: add TRACE_IRQS_OFF for the nmi" 2009-01-12 19:36:59 +01:00
kvm KVM: change KVM to use IOMMU API 2009-01-03 14:11:07 +01:00
lguest Merge branch 'cpus4096-for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-01-02 11:44:09 -08:00
lib Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc2' into core/locking 2008-10-28 16:54:49 +01:00
mach-default x86: mach-default setup.c cleanups 2008-12-29 13:18:39 +01:00
mach-generic x86: rename all fields of mpc_table mpc_X to X 2009-01-05 14:08:34 +01:00
mach-rdc321x removed unused #include <linux/version.h>'s 2008-08-23 12:14:12 -07:00
mach-voyager x86: cleanup some remaining usages of NR_CPUS where s/b nr_cpu_ids 2009-01-03 19:00:55 +01:00
math-emu
mm x86 PAT: return compatible mapping to remap_pfn_range callers 2009-01-13 19:13:02 +01:00
oprofile Merge branch 'oprofile/ring_buffer' into oprofile/oprofile-for-tip 2009-01-08 14:27:34 +01:00
pci x86 PAT: consolidate old memtype new memtype check into a function 2009-01-13 19:13:00 +01:00
power x86, hibernate: fix breakage on x86_32 with CONFIG_NUMA set 2008-11-12 23:28:51 +01:00
scripts allow stripping of generated symbols under CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL 2008-12-19 22:47:10 +01:00
vdso Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6 2008-12-28 12:33:21 -08:00
video
xen Merge branch 'cputime' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6 2009-01-03 11:56:24 -08:00
Kconfig x86: offer frame pointers in all build modes 2009-01-07 11:18:59 +01:00
Kconfig.cpu X86_DEBUGCTLMSR won't work on uml 2009-01-05 17:41:45 -08:00
Kconfig.debug Merge branch 'tracing-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2008-12-28 12:21:10 -08:00
Makefile x86, um: ... and asm-x86 move 2008-10-22 22:55:20 -07:00
Makefile_32.cpu x86: merge winchip-2 and winchip-2a cpu choices 2008-10-13 10:22:48 +02:00