New pmap-v6.c features and improvements

Ruslan Bukin br at bsdpad.com
Wed May 22 19:09:17 UTC 2013


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 02:39:56PM +0200, Zbyszek Bodek wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I would like to introduce another pack of patches for pmap-v6.c and
> related, that we created as a part of Semihalf work on Superpages
> support.
> 
> The patches include some major changes like:
> 
> - Switch to AP[1:0] access permissions model
> - Transition of the mapping related flags to PTE (stop using PVF_ flags
>   in pv_entry)
> - Rework of the pmap_enter_locked() function
> - pmap code optimizations
> 
> And some minor clean-ups:
> 
> - Get rid of the VERBOSE_INIT_ARM option
> - Clean-ups, style and naming improvements to pmap
> 
> Please check out the attachment for details.
> 
> I will be happy to answer your questions and doubts if any.
> 
> Best regards
> Zbyszek Bodek

I tested new patches with exynos5 and everything is OK.
(I mean all works as usual)

thanks.

-Ruslan


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