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

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_types.h
> index c5b7fb2774d0..cc071c6f7d4d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_types.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_types.h
> @@ -9,19 +9,21 @@
>  #define PAGE_SIZE	(_AC(1,UL) << PAGE_SHIFT)
>  #define PAGE_MASK	(~(PAGE_SIZE-1))
>  
> +#define PMD_PAGE_SIZE		(_AC(1, UL) << PMD_SHIFT)
> +#define PMD_PAGE_MASK		(~(PMD_PAGE_SIZE-1))
> +
> +#define PUD_PAGE_SIZE		(_AC(1, UL) << PUD_SHIFT)
> +#define PUD_PAGE_MASK		(~(PUD_PAGE_SIZE-1))
> +
>  #define __PHYSICAL_MASK		((phys_addr_t)((1ULL << __PHYSICAL_MASK_SHIFT) - 1))
>  #define __VIRTUAL_MASK		((1UL << __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT) - 1)
>  
> -/* Cast PAGE_MASK to a signed type so that it is sign-extended if
> +/* Cast *PAGE_MASK to a signed type so that it is sign-extended if
>     virtual addresses are 32-bits but physical addresses are larger
>     (ie, 32-bit PAE). */
>  #define PHYSICAL_PAGE_MASK	(((signed long)PAGE_MASK) & __PHYSICAL_MASK)
> -
> -#define PMD_PAGE_SIZE		(_AC(1, UL) << PMD_SHIFT)
> -#define PMD_PAGE_MASK		(~(PMD_PAGE_SIZE-1))
> -
> -#define PUD_PAGE_SIZE		(_AC(1, UL) << PUD_SHIFT)
> -#define PUD_PAGE_MASK		(~(PUD_PAGE_SIZE-1))
> +#define PHYSICAL_PMD_PAGE_MASK	(((signed long)PMD_PAGE_MASK) & __PHYSICAL_MASK)
> +#define PHYSICAL_PUD_PAGE_MASK	(((signed long)PUD_PAGE_MASK) & __PHYSICAL_MASK)

that's a really odd way of writing it, 'long' is signed by default ...

There seems to be 150+ such cases in the kernel source though - weird.

More importantly, how does this improve things on 32-bit PAE kernels? If I follow 
the values correctly then PMD_PAGE_MASK is 'UL' i.e. 32-bit:

> +#define PMD_PAGE_SIZE                (_AC(1, UL) << PMD_SHIFT)
> +#define PMD_PAGE_MASK                (~(PMD_PAGE_SIZE-1))

thus PHYSICAL_PMD_PAGE_MASK is 32-bit too:

> +#define PHYSICAL_PMD_PAGE_MASK       (((signed long)PMD_PAGE_MASK) & __PHYSICAL_MASK)

so how is the bug fixed?

Thanks,

	Ingo

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