Re: [PATCH v2 01/22] ARM: add mechanism for late code patching

2012-08-12 Thread Cyril Chemparathy
On 08/11/12 22:22, Nicolas Pitre wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2012, Cyril Chemparathy wrote: The original phys_to_virt/virt_to_phys patching implementation relied on early patching prior to MMU initialization. On PAE systems running out of >4G address space, this would have entailed an additional

Re: [PATCH v2 01/22] ARM: add mechanism for late code patching

2012-08-12 Thread Cyril Chemparathy
On 08/11/12 22:22, Nicolas Pitre wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2012, Cyril Chemparathy wrote: The original phys_to_virt/virt_to_phys patching implementation relied on early patching prior to MMU initialization. On PAE systems running out of 4G address space, this would have entailed an additional

Re: [PATCH v2 01/22] ARM: add mechanism for late code patching

2012-08-11 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Fri, 10 Aug 2012, Cyril Chemparathy wrote: > The original phys_to_virt/virt_to_phys patching implementation relied on early > patching prior to MMU initialization. On PAE systems running out of >4G > address space, this would have entailed an additional round of patching after > switching

Re: [PATCH v2 01/22] ARM: add mechanism for late code patching

2012-08-11 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Fri, 10 Aug 2012, Cyril Chemparathy wrote: The original phys_to_virt/virt_to_phys patching implementation relied on early patching prior to MMU initialization. On PAE systems running out of 4G address space, this would have entailed an additional round of patching after switching over to

[PATCH v2 01/22] ARM: add mechanism for late code patching

2012-08-10 Thread Cyril Chemparathy
The original phys_to_virt/virt_to_phys patching implementation relied on early patching prior to MMU initialization. On PAE systems running out of >4G address space, this would have entailed an additional round of patching after switching over to the high address space. The approach implemented

[PATCH v2 01/22] ARM: add mechanism for late code patching

2012-08-10 Thread Cyril Chemparathy
The original phys_to_virt/virt_to_phys patching implementation relied on early patching prior to MMU initialization. On PAE systems running out of 4G address space, this would have entailed an additional round of patching after switching over to the high address space. The approach implemented