Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: Fix struct page layout on 32-bit systems

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 09:39:54AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> > @@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ struct page {
> >                 };
> >                 struct {        /* page_pool used by netstack */
> >                         /**
> > -                        * @dma_addr: might require a 64-bit value even on
> > +                        * @dma_addr: might require a 64-bit value on
> >                          * 32-bit architectures.
> >                          */
> > -                       dma_addr_t dma_addr;
> > +                       unsigned long dma_addr[2];
> 
> So we get two 64-bit words on 64-bit platforms, while only one is
> needed?

Not really.  This is part of the 5-word union in struct page, so the space
ends up being reserved anyway, event if it's not "assigned" to dma_addr.

> > +       dma_addr_t ret = page->dma_addr[0];
> > +       if (sizeof(dma_addr_t) > sizeof(unsigned long))
> > +               ret |= (dma_addr_t)page->dma_addr[1] << 16 << 16;
> 
> We don't seem to have a handy macro for a 32-bit left shift yet...
> 
> But you can also avoid the warning using
> 
>     ret |= (u64)page->dma_addr[1] << 32;

Sure.  It doesn't really matter which way we eliminate the warning;
the code is unreachable.

> > +{
> > +       page->dma_addr[0] = addr;
> > +       if (sizeof(dma_addr_t) > sizeof(unsigned long))
> > +               page->dma_addr[1] = addr >> 16 >> 16;
> 
> ... but we do have upper_32_bits() for a 32-bit right shift.

Yep, that's what my current tree looks like.