Re: [PATCH] x86: OLPC: add support for calling into OpenFirmware(v5)

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Fri Jun 18 2010 - 16:25:50 EST


On 06/18/2010 01:19 PM, Andres Salomon wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:49:41 -0700
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 06/18/2010 12:42 PM, Andres Salomon wrote:
>>> +
>>> + /* install OFW's PDE permanently into the kernel's pgtable
>>> */
>>> + set_pgd(&swapper_pg_dir[OLPC_OFW_PDE_NR], *ofw_pde);
>>> + flush_tlb();
>>> + early_iounmap(base, sizeof(olpc_ofw_pgd) * PTRS_PER_PGD);
>>
>> I just realized... this flush_tlb() is actually not necessary since on
>> x86 it is always legal to go from a less permissive configuration to a
>> more permissive, and the initial configuration is "not present" which
>> is maximally nonpermissive.
>>
>> Could you take it out and make sure it still works?
>>
>> -hpa
>
> Yep, seems to work fine w/out it. Anything else before I send off v6
> of the patch?

Not that I can see.

-hpa

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