similar to: [patch 0/5] i386-gdt-pda i386 gdt and pda updates

Hi Andi, This is a series of patches based on your latest queue (as of the other day, at least). It includes: - the most recent patch to compute the appropriate amount of percpu space to allocate, using a separate reservation for modules where needed. - make the percpu sections page-aligned, so that percpu variables can be page aligned if needed (which is used by gdt_page) -

Hi Andi, This is a series of patches based on your latest queue (as of the other day, at least). It includes: - the most recent patch to compute the appropriate amount of percpu space to allocate, using a separate reservation for modules where needed. - make the percpu sections page-aligned, so that percpu variables can be page aligned if needed (which is used by gdt_page) -

Hi Andi, This is a set of updates for the firstfloor patch queue. Quick rundown: revert-mm-x86_64-mm-account-for-module-percpu-space-separately-from-kernel-percpu.patch separate-module-percpu-space.patch Update the module percpu accounting patch fix-ff-allow-percpu-variables-to-be-page-aligned.patch Make sure the percpu memory allocation is page-aligned

Hi Andi, This is a set of updates for the firstfloor patch queue. Quick rundown: revert-mm-x86_64-mm-account-for-module-percpu-space-separately-from-kernel-percpu.patch separate-module-percpu-space.patch Update the module percpu accounting patch fix-ff-allow-percpu-variables-to-be-page-aligned.patch Make sure the percpu memory allocation is page-aligned

Hi Jeremy, all, Sorry this took so long, spent last week in Japan at OSDL conf then netconf. After several false starts, I ended up with a very simple implementation, which clashes significantly with your work since then 8(. I've pushed the patches anyway, but it's going to be significant work for me to re-merge them, so I wanted your feedback first. The first patch simply changes

Hi Jeremy, all, Sorry this took so long, spent last week in Japan at OSDL conf then netconf. After several false starts, I ended up with a very simple implementation, which clashes significantly with your work since then 8(. I've pushed the patches anyway, but it's going to be significant work for me to re-merge them, so I wanted your feedback first. The first patch simply changes

Hi, Anyone has this working? Looks like there is a chicken-and-egg issue with pda setup: * xen_load_gdt() uses multicalls, thus depends on cpu-specific variables (per-cpu mc buffer) which in turn requires pda being setup already. * pda setup can't be done before xen_load_gdt() ... Next question while looking at xen_load_gdt(): why does it use multicalls in the first place?

Hi, Anyone has this working? Looks like there is a chicken-and-egg issue with pda setup: * xen_load_gdt() uses multicalls, thus depends on cpu-specific variables (per-cpu mc buffer) which in turn requires pda being setup already. * pda setup can't be done before xen_load_gdt() ... Next question while looking at xen_load_gdt(): why does it use multicalls in the first place?

Seems to work OK for native and Xen. I had to play a bit with the paravirt-sched-clock patch to deal with the VMI changes. Zach, can you check that it still works? Thanks, J

Seems to work OK for native and Xen. I had to play a bit with the paravirt-sched-clock patch to deal with the VMI changes. Zach, can you check that it still works? Thanks, J

OK, here it is. Benchmarks still coming. This is against Andi's 2.6.18-rc7-git3 tree, and replaces the patches between (and not including) i386-pda-asm-offsets and i386-early-fault. One patch is identical, one is mildly modified, the rest are re-implemented but inspired by Jeremy's PDA work. Thanks, Rusty. -- Help! Save Australia from the worst of the DMCA: http://linux.org.au/law

OK, here it is. Benchmarks still coming. This is against Andi's 2.6.18-rc7-git3 tree, and replaces the patches between (and not including) i386-pda-asm-offsets and i386-early-fault. One patch is identical, one is mildly modified, the rest are re-implemented but inspired by Jeremy's PDA work. Thanks, Rusty. -- Help! Save Australia from the worst of the DMCA: http://linux.org.au/law

On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 05:16:41PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote: > @@ -480,6 +500,22 @@ SYM_DATA_LOCAL(early_gdt_descr_base, .quad INIT_PER_CPU_VAR(gdt_page)) > SYM_DATA(phys_base, .quad 0x0) > EXPORT_SYMBOL(phys_base) > > +/* Boot GDT used when kernel addresses are not mapped yet */ > +SYM_DATA_LOCAL(boot_gdt_descr, .word boot_gdt_end - boot_gdt) >

On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 05:16:41PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote: > @@ -480,6 +500,22 @@ SYM_DATA_LOCAL(early_gdt_descr_base, .quad INIT_PER_CPU_VAR(gdt_page)) > SYM_DATA(phys_base, .quad 0x0) > EXPORT_SYMBOL(phys_base) > > +/* Boot GDT used when kernel addresses are not mapped yet */ > +SYM_DATA_LOCAL(boot_gdt_descr, .word boot_gdt_end - boot_gdt) >

Hi, this is a series of patches that unify the struct desc_struct and friends across x86_64 and i386. As usual, it provides paravirt capabilities as a side-effect for x86_64. I consider the main goal, namely, of unifying the desc_struct, an ongoing effort, being this the beginning. A lot of old code has to be touched to accomplish that. I don't consider this patch ready for inclusion.

Hi, this is a series of patches that unify the struct desc_struct and friends across x86_64 and i386. As usual, it provides paravirt capabilities as a side-effect for x86_64. I consider the main goal, namely, of unifying the desc_struct, an ongoing effort, being this the beginning. A lot of old code has to be touched to accomplish that. I don't consider this patch ready for inclusion.

Well, the PDA stuff took a bit longer to settle down than I would have hoped, but it seems fairly sound now. I just committed the changes needed to make Xen happy with the PDA, which means making sure an appropriate GDT is set up early enough. I also seem to have avoided most of the APIC issues under Xen by simply making the cpuid not report the presence of an APIC. With these in place,

Well, the PDA stuff took a bit longer to settle down than I would have hoped, but it seems fairly sound now. I just committed the changes needed to make Xen happy with the PDA, which means making sure an appropriate GDT is set up early enough. I also seem to have avoided most of the APIC issues under Xen by simply making the cpuid not report the presence of an APIC. With these in place,

As promised to Andrew, and with much thanks to Andi Kleen for feedback, this is the new series of lguest patches. Main change is the move to drivers/lguest (for future non-i386 expansion), but lots of cleanups driven by Andi's feedback and the documentation effort (which made me examine every line of code). It's not perfect, but it's definitely useful. Cheers, Rusty. List of

As promised to Andrew, and with much thanks to Andi Kleen for feedback, this is the new series of lguest patches. Main change is the move to drivers/lguest (for future non-i386 expansion), but lots of cleanups driven by Andi's feedback and the documentation effort (which made me examine every line of code). It's not perfect, but it's definitely useful. Cheers, Rusty. List of