linux/arch/x86
Dave Hansen d765653445 x86, mm: Create slow_virt_to_phys()
This is necessary because __pa() does not work on some kinds of
memory, like vmalloc() or the alloc_remap() areas on 32-bit
NUMA systems.  We have some functions to do conversions _like_
this in the vmalloc() code (like vmalloc_to_page()), but they
do not work on sizes other than 4k pages.  We would potentially
need to be able to handle all the page sizes that we use for
the kernel linear mapping (4k, 2M, 1G).

In practice, on 32-bit NUMA systems, the percpu areas get stuck
in the alloc_remap() area.  Any __pa() call on them will break
and basically return garbage.

This patch introduces a new function slow_virt_to_phys(), which
walks the kernel page tables on x86 and should do precisely
the same logical thing as __pa(), but actually work on a wider
range of memory.  It should work on the normal linear mapping,
vmalloc(), kmap(), etc...

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130122212433.4D1FCA62@kernel.stglabs.ibm.com
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2013-01-25 16:33:23 -08:00
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boot x86, efi: correct precedence of operators in setup_efi_pci 2012-12-20 11:47:14 -08:00
configs x86/Kconfig: Turn off DEBUG_NX_TEST module in defconfigs 2012-09-05 10:43:12 +02:00
crypto Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2012-12-15 12:35:19 -08:00
ia32 new helpers: __save_altstack/__compat_save_altstack, switch x86 and um to those 2012-12-19 18:07:41 -05:00
include x86, mm: Create slow_virt_to_phys() 2013-01-25 16:33:23 -08:00
kernel Linux 3.8-rc5 2013-01-25 16:31:21 -08:00
kvm KVM: x86: use dynamic percpu allocations for shared msrs area 2013-01-08 12:51:56 -02:00
lguest Linux 3.8-rc5 2013-01-25 16:31:21 -08:00
lib X86: drivers: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:04 -08:00
math-emu x86: Rename trap_no to trap_nr in thread_struct 2012-03-13 06:24:09 +01:00
mm x86, mm: Create slow_virt_to_phys() 2013-01-25 16:33:23 -08:00
net x86: bpf_jit_comp: add vlan tag support 2012-10-31 14:00:15 -04:00
oprofile oprofile, x86: Fix wrapping bug in op_x86_get_ctrl() 2012-10-15 14:38:24 +02:00
pci X86: drivers: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:04 -08:00
platform Linux 3.8-rc5 2013-01-25 16:31:21 -08:00
power x86, topology: Debug CPU0 hotplug 2012-11-14 15:28:11 -08:00
realmode Revert "x86, mm: Include the entire kernel memory map in trampoline_pgd" 2012-12-15 12:29:54 -08:00
syscalls Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2012-12-20 18:05:28 -08:00
tools x86: Fix the error of using "const" in gen-insn-attr-x86.awk 2012-12-10 10:31:24 -08:00
um Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2012-12-20 18:05:28 -08:00
vdso Merge tag 'kvm-3.8-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm 2012-12-13 15:31:08 -08:00
video x86: Use vga_default_device() when determining whether an fb is primary 2012-04-24 09:50:17 +01:00
xen Fixes: 2013-01-18 12:02:52 -08:00
.gitignore x86/kprobes: Add arch/x86/tools/insn_sanity to .gitignore 2012-01-16 08:21:59 +01:00
Kbuild x86, realmode: realmode.bin infrastructure 2012-05-08 11:41:48 -07:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2012-12-20 18:05:28 -08:00
Kconfig.cpu x86, 386 removal: Document Nx586 as a 386 and thus unsupported 2012-11-29 13:28:39 -08:00
Kconfig.debug x86/tlb: add tlb_flushall_shift knob into debugfs 2012-06-27 19:29:10 -07:00
Makefile md update for 3.8 2012-12-18 09:32:44 -08:00
Makefile_32.cpu x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_M386 from Kconfig 2012-11-29 13:23:01 -08:00
Makefile.um um: fix linker script generation 2012-04-09 13:59:00 -04:00