[PATCH v6 0/2] riscv: Use PUD/P4D/PGD pages for the linear mapping

From: Alexandre Ghiti
Date: Wed Mar 01 2023 - 03:26:22 EST


This patchset intends to improve tlb utilization by using hugepages for
the linear mapping.

base-commit-tag: v6.2-rc7

v6:
- quiet LLVM warning by casting phys_ram_base into an unsigned long

v5:
- Fix nommu builds by getting rid of riscv_pfn_base in patch 1, thanks
Conor
- Add RB from Andrew

v4:
- Rebase on top of v6.2-rc3, as noted by Conor
- Add Acked-by Rob

v3:
- Change the comment about initrd_start VA conversion so that it fits
ARM64 and RISCV64 (and others in the future if needed), as suggested
by Rob

v2:
- Add a comment on why RISCV64 does not need to set initrd_start/end that
early in the boot process, as asked by Rob

Alexandre Ghiti (2):
riscv: Get rid of riscv_pfn_base variable
riscv: Use PUD/P4D/PGD pages for the linear mapping

arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++----------
arch/riscv/mm/physaddr.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
drivers/of/fdt.c | 11 ++++++-----
4 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

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