Re: [PATCH -V7 08/18] powerpc: New hugepage directory format

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On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 01:07:29AM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Change the hugepage directory format so that we can have leaf ptes directly
> at page directory avoiding the allocation of hugepage directory.
> 
> With the new table format we have 3 cases for pgds and pmds:
> (1) invalid (all zeroes)
> (2) pointer to next table, as normal; bottom 6 bits == 0
> (4) hugepd pointer, bottom two bits == 00, next 4 bits indicate size of table
> 
> Instead of storing shift value in hugepd pointer we use mmu_psize_def index
> so that we can fit all the supported hugepage size in 4 bits
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks ok.

Reviewed-by: David Gibson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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