Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932920AbdDEPdF (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Apr 2017 11:33:05 -0400 Received: from mail-wr0-f196.google.com ([209.85.128.196]:33675 "EHLO mail-wr0-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932822AbdDEPcD (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Apr 2017 11:32:03 -0400 Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 18:32:00 +0300 From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" To: Ingo Molnar Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , x86@kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Arnd Bergmann , "H. Peter Anvin" , Andi Kleen , Dave Hansen , Andy Lutomirski , Michal Hocko , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/26] x86/mm: add support of additional page table level during early boot Message-ID: <20170405153200.t7r7c7lyycxm2wzg@node.shutemov.name> References: <20170313055020.69655-1-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> <20170313055020.69655-22-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> <20170313071810.GA28726@gmail.com> <20170405113624.y5iqjvpwbvayo2cd@node.shutemov.name> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170405113624.y5iqjvpwbvayo2cd@node.shutemov.name> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170306 (1.8.0) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1602 Lines: 39 On Wed, Apr 05, 2017 at 02:36:24PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 08:18:10AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > * Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > > > > > This patch adds support for 5-level paging during early boot. > > > It generalizes boot for 4- and 5-level paging on 64-bit systems with > > > compile-time switch between them. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov > > > --- > > > arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 23 +++++++++-- > > > arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h | 2 +- > > > arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h | 6 ++- > > > arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/processor-flags.h | 2 + > > > arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c | 2 +- > > > arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 40 +++++++++++++----- > > > arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++-------- > > > > Ok, here I'd like to have a C version instead of further complicating an already > > complex assembly version... > > Just head up: I work on this. > > It's great deal of frustration (I can't really read assembly), but I'm > slowly moving forward. > > Most of logic in startup_64 in arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S is converted > to C. Dealing with secondary_startup_64 now. I'm stuck with secondary_startup_64 too. Stack breaks as soon as we switch to new page tables when onlining secondary CPUs. I don't know how to get around this. Would it be sufficient if I only convert startup_64 in arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S to C? -- Kirill A. Shutemov