[tip:x86/mm] x86, kdump: Change copy_oldmem_page() to use cached addressing

[tip-bot for Cliff Wickman]

Commit-ID:  37a2f9f30a360fb03522d15c85c78265ccd80287
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/37a2f9f30a360fb03522d15c85c78265ccd80287
Author:     Cliff Wickman <cpw@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:14:27 -0500
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 09:46:23 +0200

x86, kdump: Change copy_oldmem_page() to use cached addressing

The copy of /proc/vmcore to a user buffer proceeds much faster
if the kernel addresses memory as cached.

With this patch we have seen an increase in transfer rate from
less than 15MB/s to 80-460MB/s, depending on size of the
transfer. This makes a big difference in time needed to save a
system dump.

Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman <cpw@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> # as far back as it would apply
LKML-Reference: <E1OtMLz-0001yp-Ia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_64.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_64.c
index 045b36c..bf43188 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_64.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
 	if (!csize)
 		return 0;
 
-	vaddr = ioremap(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_SIZE);
+	vaddr = ioremap_cache(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (!vaddr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
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