Commit-ID: 957561ec0fa8a701f60ca6a0f40cc46f5c554920 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/957561ec0fa8a701f60ca6a0f40cc46f5c554920 Author: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 18:55:21 +0200 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Sun, 7 Jun 2015 15:29:01 +0200 drivers/block/pmem: Map NVDIMM in Write-Through mode The pmem driver maps NVDIMM uncacheable so that we don't lose data which hasn't reached non-volatile storage in the case of a crash. Change this to Write-Through mode which provides uncached writes but cached reads, thus improving read performance. Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Elliott@xxxxxx Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: arnd@xxxxxxxx Cc: hch@xxxxxx Cc: hmh@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: jgross@xxxxxxxx Cc: konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-mm <linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-nvdimm@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: stefan.bader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: yigal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1433436928-31903-14-git-send-email-bp@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/pmem.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/pmem.c b/drivers/block/pmem.c index eabf4a8..095dfaa 100644 --- a/drivers/block/pmem.c +++ b/drivers/block/pmem.c @@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ static struct pmem_device *pmem_alloc(struct device *dev, struct resource *res) } /* - * Map the memory as non-cachable, as we can't write back the contents + * Map the memory as write-through, as we can't write back the contents * of the CPU caches in case of a crash. */ err = -ENOMEM; - pmem->virt_addr = ioremap_nocache(pmem->phys_addr, pmem->size); + pmem->virt_addr = ioremap_wt(pmem->phys_addr, pmem->size); if (!pmem->virt_addr) goto out_release_region; -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>