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Documentation: x86: Correct effective memory type for MTRR=WC and PAT=UC-

Message ID 20231106045356.5856-1-yan.y.zhao@intel.com
State New
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Series Documentation: x86: Correct effective memory type for MTRR=WC and PAT=UC- |

Commit Message

Yan Zhao Nov. 6, 2023, 4:53 a.m. UTC 
  Correct effective memory type for a WC MTRR on a region with a PAT entry
UC- from UC to WC.

As per Intel SDM section "Selecting Memory Types for Pentium III and More
Recent Processor Families", table "Effective Page-Level Memory Types for
Pentium III and More Recent Processor Families",

================  ===============  =====================
MTRR Memory Type  PAT Entry Value  Effective Memory Type
================  ===============  =====================
      WC               UC-                  WC

the effect of a WC MTRR on a region with a PAT entry UC- will be WC.

There's a previous attempt to fix this issue at [1], but not sure why the
patch got lost.

Fixes: 2f9e897353fc ("x86/mm/mtrr, pat: Document Write Combining MTRR type effects on PAT / non-PAT pages").
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/1457131501-14855-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@kernel.org [1]
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
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 Documentation/arch/x86/pat.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)


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diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/pat.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/pat.rst
index 5d901771016d..414129efa316 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/x86/pat.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/pat.rst
@@ -138,19 +138,19 @@  otherwise not be effective.
   ====  =======  ===  =========================  =====================
   MTRR  Non-PAT  PAT  Linux ioremap value        Effective memory type
   ====  =======  ===  =========================  =====================
         PAT                                        Non-PAT |  PAT
         |PCD                                               |
         ||PWT                                              |
         |||                                                |
   WC    000      WB   _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB             WC   |   WC
   WC    001      WC   _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC             WC*  |   WC
-  WC    010      UC-  _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS       WC*  |   UC
+  WC    010      UC-  _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS       WC*  |   WC
   WC    011      UC   _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC             UC   |   UC
   ====  =======  ===  =========================  =====================
 
   (*) denotes implementation defined and is discouraged
 
 .. note:: -- in the above table mean "Not suggested usage for the API". Some
   of the --'s are strictly enforced by the kernel. Some others are not really
   enforced today, but may be enforced in future.