Re: [PATCH] mm: negative left shift count when PAGE_SHIFT > 20

From: John Stoffel
Date: Thu Jul 18 2013 - 13:26:11 EST



Jerry> When PAGE_SHIFT > 20, the result of "20 - PAGE_SHIFT" is negative. The
Jerry> calculating here will generate an unexpected result. In addition, if
Jerry> PAGE_SHIFT > 20, The memory size represented by numentries was already
Jerry> integral multiple of 1MB.

Why this magic number of 20? Please explain it better and replace it
was a #define that means something here.


Jerry> Signed-off-by: Jerry <uulinux@xxxxxxxxx>
Jerry> ---
Jerry> mm/page_alloc.c | 8 +++++---
Jerry> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Jerry> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
Jerry> index b100255..cd41797 100644
Jerry> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
Jerry> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
Jerry> @@ -5745,9 +5745,11 @@ void *__init alloc_large_system_hash(const char *tablename,
Jerry> if (!numentries) {
Jerry> /* round applicable memory size up to nearest megabyte */
Jerry> numentries = nr_kernel_pages;
Jerry> - numentries += (1UL << (20 - PAGE_SHIFT)) - 1;
Jerry> - numentries >>= 20 - PAGE_SHIFT;
Jerry> - numentries <<= 20 - PAGE_SHIFT;
Jerry> + if (20 > PAGE_SHIFT) {
Jerry> + numentries += (1UL << (20 - PAGE_SHIFT)) - 1;
Jerry> + numentries >>= 20 - PAGE_SHIFT;
Jerry> + numentries <<= 20 - PAGE_SHIFT;
Jerry> + }

Jerry> /* limit to 1 bucket per 2^scale bytes of low memory */
Jerry> if (scale > PAGE_SHIFT)
Jerry> --
Jerry> 1.8.1.5

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