Re: [PATCH] x86: fix /proc/meminfo DirectMap

[Ingo Molnar]

* Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Do we actually want these DirectMap lines in the x86 /proc/meminfo? I 
> can see they're interesting to CPA developers and TLB optimizers, but 
> they don't fit its usual "where has all my memory gone?" usage. If 
> they are to stay, here are some fixes.

i think they are borderline useful - so i've applied your fixes to 
tip/x86/urgent.

> You might prefer me to split these up?

nah.

> Should we really be using level2_ident_pgt (which needs to avoid NX) 
> for the final direct map (which wants to use NX)?  But my attempt to 
> build up a fresh pagetable there failed miserably to boot!

hm, exactly what change have you tried? (patch?)

	Ingo
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