Re: [git pull] drm/x86 pat regression fix.

From: Dave Airlie
Date: Thu Oct 27 2016 - 20:38:58 EST


On 26 October 2016 at 16:53, Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Linus,
>
> This is a standalone pull request for the fix for a regression introduced
> in -rc1 by a change to vm_insert_mixed to start using the PAT range tracking
> to validate page protections. With this fix in place, all the VRAM mappings
> for GPU drivers ended up at UC instead of WC.
>
> There are probably better ways to fix this long term, but nothing I'd considered
> for -fixes that wouldn't need more settling in time. So I've just created a new
> arch API that the drivers can reserve all their VRAM aperture ranges as WC.
>
Hey Linus,

was there some problem with this? I've not seen it land yet. I've been
blocking more fixes on this landing.

Dave.