On 7/20/23 4:39?PM, matoro wrote:
> On 2023-07-20 18:38, Helge Deller wrote:
>> On 7/21/23 00:30, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>> On 7/19/23 3:20?PM, Helge Deller wrote:
>>>> The io_uring testcase is broken on IA-64 since commit d808459b2e31
>>>> ("io_uring: Adjust mapping wrt architecture aliasing requirements").
>>>>
>>>> The reason is, that this commit introduced an own architecture
>>>> independend get_unmapped_area() search algorithm which doesn't suite the
>>>> memory region requirements for IA-64.
>>>>
>>>> To avoid similar problems in the future it's better to switch back to
>>>> the architecture-provided get_unmapped_area() function and adjust the
>>>> needed input parameters before the call. Additionally
>>>> io_uring_mmu_get_unmapped_area() will now become easier to understand
>>>> and maintain.
>>>>
>>>> This patch has been tested on physical IA-64 and PA-RISC machines,
>>>> without any failures in the io_uring testcases. On PA-RISC the
>>>> LTP mmmap testcases did not report any regressions either.
>>>>
>>>> I don't expect issues for other architectures, but it would be nice if
>>>> this patch could be tested on other machines too.
>>>
>>> Any comments from the IA64 folks?
>>
>> matoro tested it on ia64 at least...
>>
>>> Helge, should this be split into three patches? One for hppa, one for
>>> ia64, and then the io_uring one?
>>
>> If we split up, I would prefer to split it into 2 patches: One for
>> io_uring together with the hppa patch, since they should go in
>> together.
>>
>> The ia64 patch is probably unrelated, and can go seperately. But
>> there doesn't seem to be any ia64 maintainer...?
>>
>> Do you have a chance to test this patch on the other io_uring
>> platforms, without applying it into your tree? I think some testing
>> would be good.
>>
>> Helge
>
>
> I tested this on ppc64le last night just to be sure, still had 100%
> pass on test suite.
Excellent, thanks.
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Jens Axboe
