Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:15:13 +0100 | From | "Carlos R. Mafra" <> | Subject | Re: mtrr cleanup not doing anything on 2.6.33-rc7 |
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On Do 11.Feb'10 at 6:56:59 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 02/11/2010 02:10 AM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > > [Add people in that commit to Cc: list, just in case] > > > > On Mi 10.Feb'10 at 20:48:49 -0500, Alexander Lam wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Alexander Lam <lambchop468@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> My kernel config has the following: > >>> CONFIG_MTRR=y > >>> CONFIG_MTRR_SANITIZER=y > >>> CONFIG_MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT=1 > >>> CONFIG_MTRR_SANITIZER_SPARE_REG_NR_DEFAULT=1 > >>> > >>> With previous kernels, dmesg would show that the sanitizer was indeed > >>> cleaning up the mtrrs [1] > >>> > >>> but now, with 2.6.33-rc7 there is no indication that this is occuring, > >> > >> For those who run across this later, > >> > >> Found out that commit 508d85c2c6bc8cba53d2a54d9a306ad64a0a80bf, > >> x86: When cleaning MTRRs, do not fold WP into UC > >> > >> causes mtrr cleanup not to run on my machine. > >> > >> Probably not worth fixing because the i915 error message is harmless. > >> -- > > You're not stating what your MTRR setup looks like, and hence if there > is anything to clean up.
I am not sure if I am being an intruder here, but I also should have quoted Alexander's first email:
Hi all,
Please CC: me when replying.
My kernel config has the following: CONFIG_MTRR=y CONFIG_MTRR_SANITIZER=y CONFIG_MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT=1 CONFIG_MTRR_SANITIZER_SPARE_REG_NR_DEFAULT=1
With previous kernels, dmesg would show that the sanitizer was indeed cleaning up the mtrrs [1]
but now, with 2.6.33-rc7 there is no indication that this is occuring, and the intel i915 driver complains: [ 0.613419] i915 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 0.614577] i915 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.625446] mtrr: no more MTRRs available [ 0.625529] [drm] MTRR allocation failed. Graphics performance may suffer.
What has changed and what do I need to do to make the mtrr sanitation work again?
[1]: dmesg from previous kernels: [ 0.000000] MTRR default type: uncachable [ 0.000000] MTRR fixed ranges enabled: [ 0.000000] 00000-9FFFF write-back [ 0.000000] A0000-BFFFF uncachable [ 0.000000] C0000-C7FFF write-protect [ 0.000000] C8000-EFFFF uncachable [ 0.000000] F0000-FFFFF write-protect [ 0.000000] MTRR variable ranges enabled: [ 0.000000] 0 base 0FFFE0000 mask 0FFFE0000 write-protect [ 0.000000] 1 base 0FFFC0000 mask 0FFFE0000 uncachable [ 0.000000] 2 base 000000000 mask 0E0000000 write-back [ 0.000000] 3 base 020000000 mask 0E0000000 write-back [ 0.000000] 4 base 03F800000 mask 0FF800000 uncachable [ 0.000000] 5 base 03F600000 mask 0FFE00000 uncachable [ 0.000000] 6 base 03F500000 mask 0FFF00000 uncachable [ 0.000000] 7 base 000000000 mask 0FFFE0000 uncachable [ 0.000000] x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106 [ 0.000000] original variable MTRRs [ 0.000000] reg 0, base: 4194176KB, range: 128KB, type WP [ 0.000000] reg 1, base: 4194048KB, range: 128KB, type UC [ 0.000000] reg 2, base: 0GB, range: 512MB, type WB [ 0.000000] reg 3, base: 512MB, range: 512MB, type WB [ 0.000000] reg 4, base: 1016MB, range: 8MB, type UC [ 0.000000] reg 5, base: 1014MB, range: 2MB, type UC [ 0.000000] reg 6, base: 1013MB, range: 1MB, type UC [ 0.000000] reg 7, base: 0GB, range: 128KB, type UC [ 0.000000] WARNING: BIOS bug: VAR MTRR 7 contains strange UC entry under 1M, check with your system vendor! [ 0.000000] total RAM coverred: 1013M [ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up [ 0.000000] gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 16M num_reg: 4 lose cover RAM: 0G [ 0.000000] New variable MTRRs [ 0.000000] reg 0, base: 0GB, range: 1GB, type WB [ 0.000000] reg 1, base: 1013MB, range: 1MB, type UC [ 0.000000] reg 2, base: 1014MB, range: 2MB, type UC [ 0.000000] reg 3, base: 1016MB, range: 8MB, type UC [ 0.000000] x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106
Thanks, -- Alexander Lam
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