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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/pat.c | 49 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c index de3a99812450..183fdd36d3bd 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c @@ -151,32 +151,33 @@ static int pat_x_mtrr_type(u64 start, u64 end, unsigned long prot, unsigned long pat_type; u8 mtrr_type; - mtrr_type = mtrr_type_lookup(start, end); - if (mtrr_type == 0xFF) { /* MTRR not enabled */ - *ret_prot = prot; - return 0; - } - if (mtrr_type == 0xFE) { /* MTRR match error */ - *ret_prot = _PAGE_CACHE_UC; - return -1; - } - if (mtrr_type != MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE && - mtrr_type != MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK && - mtrr_type != MTRR_TYPE_WRCOMB) { /* MTRR type unhandled */ - *ret_prot = _PAGE_CACHE_UC; - return -1; - } - pat_type = prot & _PAGE_CACHE_MASK; prot &= (~_PAGE_CACHE_MASK); - /* Currently doing intersection by hand. Optimize it later. */ + /* + * We return the PAT request directly for types where PAT takes + * precedence with respect to MTRR and for UC_MINUS. + * Consistency checks with other PAT requests is done later + * while going through memtype list. + */ if (pat_type == _PAGE_CACHE_WC) { *ret_prot = prot | _PAGE_CACHE_WC; + return 0; } else if (pat_type == _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS) { *ret_prot = prot | _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS; - } else if (pat_type == _PAGE_CACHE_UC || - mtrr_type == MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE) { + return 0; + } else if (pat_type == _PAGE_CACHE_UC) { + *ret_prot = prot | _PAGE_CACHE_UC; + return 0; + } + + /* + * Look for MTRR hint to get the effective type in case where PAT + * request is for WB. + */ + mtrr_type = mtrr_type_lookup(start, end); + + if (mtrr_type == MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE) { *ret_prot = prot | _PAGE_CACHE_UC; } else if (mtrr_type == MTRR_TYPE_WRCOMB) { *ret_prot = prot | _PAGE_CACHE_WC; @@ -233,14 +234,12 @@ int reserve_memtype(u64 start, u64 end, unsigned long req_type, if (req_type == -1) { /* - * Special case where caller wants to inherit from mtrr or - * existing pat mapping, defaulting to UC_MINUS in case of - * no match. + * Call mtrr_lookup to get the type hint. This is an + * optimization for /dev/mem mmap'ers into WB memory (BIOS + * tools and ACPI tools). Use WB request for WB memory and use + * UC_MINUS otherwise. */ u8 mtrr_type = mtrr_type_lookup(start, end); - if (mtrr_type == 0xFE) { /* MTRR match error */ - err = -1; - } if (mtrr_type == MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK) { req_type = _PAGE_CACHE_WB; |