Re: [PATCH] be2net: fix adapter->big_page_size miscaculation

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Jul 12 2019 - 18:46:10 EST


From: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:23:21 -0400

> The commit d66acc39c7ce ("bitops: Optimise get_order()") introduced a
> problem for the be2net driver as "rx_frag_size" could be a module
> parameter that can be changed while loading the module.

Why is this a problem?

> That commit checks __builtin_constant_p() first in get_order() which
> cause "adapter->big_page_size" to be assigned a value based on the
> the default "rx_frag_size" value at the compilation time. It also
> generate a compilation warning,

rx_frag_size is not a constant, therefore the __builtin_constant_p()
test should not pass.

This explanation doesn't seem valid.