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Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE

From "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE
Date 2015-11-12 09:00 +0100
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On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 08:48:54AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote:
> 
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
> > @@ -279,17 +279,14 @@ static inline pmdval_t native_pmd_val(pmd_t pmd)
> >  static inline pudval_t pud_pfn_mask(pud_t pud)
> >  {
> >  	if (native_pud_val(pud) & _PAGE_PSE)
> > -		return PUD_PAGE_MASK & PHYSICAL_PAGE_MASK;
> > +		return ~((1ULL << PUD_SHIFT) - 1) & PHYSICAL_PAGE_MASK;
> >  	else
> >  		return PTE_PFN_MASK;
> >  }
> 
> >  static inline pmdval_t pmd_pfn_mask(pmd_t pmd)
> >  {
> >  	if (native_pmd_val(pmd) & _PAGE_PSE)
> > -		return PMD_PAGE_MASK & PHYSICAL_PAGE_MASK;
> > +		return ~((1ULL << PMD_SHIFT) - 1) & PHYSICAL_PAGE_MASK;
> >  	else
> >  		return PTE_PFN_MASK;
> >  }
> 
> So instead of uglifying the code, why not fix the real bug: change the 
> PMD_PAGE_MASK/PUD_PAGE_MASK definitions to be 64-bit everywhere?

*PAGE_MASK are usually applied to virtual addresses. I don't think it
should anything but 'unsigned long'. This is odd use case really.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov
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[PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2015-11-10 00:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2015-11-10 00:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> - 2015-11-10 01:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2015-11-10 01:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2015-11-10 13:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> - 2015-11-10 15:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2015-11-10 15:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> - 2015-11-10 16:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2015-11-10 18:10 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2015-11-11 11:00 +0100
              Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-11-12 08:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> - 2015-11-12 09:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-11-12 09:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2015-11-12 09:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-11-12 10:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> - 2015-11-12 10:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-11-12 14:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-11-12 10:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-12 20:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 10:10 +0100

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