[RFC][PATCH 2/8] x86: make __VIRTUAL_MASK safe to use on 32 bit

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Fri Dec 12 2014 - 14:13:21 EST



From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

We are going to do some calculations in a moment that are based on the
size of the virtual address space. __VIRTUAL_MASK is currently unsafe
to use on 32-bit since it overflows an unsigned long with its shift.

The current version will emit a warning if used at all on 32-bit
kernels.

Add a version which is safe on 32-bit and consequently does not spit
out a warning.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_types.h | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff -puN arch/x86/include/asm/page_types.h~x86-make-__VIRTUAL_MASK-safe-to-use-on-32-bit arch/x86/include/asm/page_types.h
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_types.h~x86-make-__VIRTUAL_MASK-safe-to-use-on-32-bit 2014-12-12 11:11:39.484965499 -0800
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_types.h 2014-12-12 11:11:39.487965634 -0800
@@ -10,7 +10,15 @@
#define PAGE_MASK (~(PAGE_SIZE-1))

#define __PHYSICAL_MASK ((phys_addr_t)((1ULL << __PHYSICAL_MASK_SHIFT) - 1))
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+/*
+ * This version doesn't work on 32-bit because __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT=32
+ * overflows the unsigned long we're trying to shift.
+ */
#define __VIRTUAL_MASK ((1UL << __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT) - 1)
+#else
+#define __VIRTUAL_MASK (~0UL)
+#endif

/* Cast PAGE_MASK to a signed type so that it is sign-extended if
virtual addresses are 32-bits but physical addresses are larger
_
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