Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:28:54 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: fix /proc/meminfo DirectMap |
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* Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> wrote:
> Do we actually want these DirectMap lines in the x86 /proc/meminfo? I > can see they're interesting to CPA developers and TLB optimizers, but > they don't fit its usual "where has all my memory gone?" usage. If > they are to stay, here are some fixes.
i think they are borderline useful - so i've applied your fixes to tip/x86/urgent.
> You might prefer me to split these up?
nah.
> Should we really be using level2_ident_pgt (which needs to avoid NX) > for the final direct map (which wants to use NX)? But my attempt to > build up a fresh pagetable there failed miserably to boot!
hm, exactly what change have you tried? (patch?)
Ingo
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