]> git.karo-electronics.de Git - karo-tx-linux.git/commit
x86, kdump: Change copy_oldmem_page() to use cached addressing
authorCliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com>
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 15:14:27 +0000 (10:14 -0500)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:47:33 +0000 (10:47 -0800)
commitb0051893fd01e362c8065bc5d8b51961fdd15a5b
treeaa161ed4013085237d1e640b50c71bd859b14e64
parent5d1b265401b8f26a070a82baf76a7c37c0b48108
x86, kdump: Change copy_oldmem_page() to use cached addressing

commit 37a2f9f30a360fb03522d15c85c78265ccd80287 upstream.

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@sgi.com>
Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org
LKML-Reference: <E1OtMLz-0001yp-Ia@eag09.americas.sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_64.c