RE: [PATCH] ARC: Use max_high_pfn as a HIGHMEM zone border

From: Vladimir Isaev
Date: Mon Apr 26 2021 - 07:55:14 EST


Hi Mike,

On Mon, April 26, 2021 2:29 PM, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 01:10:04PM +0300, Vladimir Isaev wrote:
> > - max_zone_pfn[ZONE_HIGHMEM] = min_low_pfn;
> > + max_zone_pfn[ZONE_HIGHMEM] = max_high_pfn;
>
> This is correct with PAE40, but it will break !PAE40 when "highmem" has lower
> addresses than lowmem.
>
> It rather should be something like:
>
> if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARC_HAS_PAE40))
> max_zone_pfn[ZONE_HIGHMEM] = max_high_pfn;
> else
> max_zone_pfn[ZONE_HIGHMEM] = min_low_pfn;
>

Not sure if I understand why we should have min_low_pfn here. In !PAE40 case max_high_pfn just will be smaller than min_low_pfn.

Thank you,
Vladimir Isaev