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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mmzone.h | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/sparse.c | 6 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h index 67f2e3c38939..7522a6987595 100644 --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h @@ -1166,8 +1166,16 @@ extern unsigned long usemap_size(void); /* * We use the lower bits of the mem_map pointer to store - * a little bit of information. There should be at least - * 3 bits here due to 32-bit alignment. + * a little bit of information. The pointer is calculated + * as mem_map - section_nr_to_pfn(pnum). The result is + * aligned to the minimum alignment of the two values: + * 1. All mem_map arrays are page-aligned. + * 2. section_nr_to_pfn() always clears PFN_SECTION_SHIFT + * lowest bits. PFN_SECTION_SHIFT is arch-specific + * (equal SECTION_SIZE_BITS - PAGE_SHIFT), and the + * worst combination is powerpc with 256k pages, + * which results in PFN_SECTION_SHIFT equal 6. + * To sum it up, at least 6 bits are available. */ #define SECTION_MARKED_PRESENT (1UL<<0) #define SECTION_HAS_MEM_MAP (1UL<<1) diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c index 2609aba121e8..6b8b5e91ceef 100644 --- a/mm/sparse.c +++ b/mm/sparse.c @@ -264,7 +264,11 @@ unsigned long __init node_memmap_size_bytes(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn, */ static unsigned long sparse_encode_mem_map(struct page *mem_map, unsigned long pnum) { - return (unsigned long)(mem_map - (section_nr_to_pfn(pnum))); + unsigned long coded_mem_map = + (unsigned long)(mem_map - (section_nr_to_pfn(pnum))); + BUILD_BUG_ON(SECTION_MAP_LAST_BIT > (1UL<<PFN_SECTION_SHIFT)); + BUG_ON(coded_mem_map & ~SECTION_MAP_MASK); + return coded_mem_map; } /* |