Re: [PATCH v2] mm/swap: fix SWP_PFN_BITS with CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT on 32bit

[David Hildenbrand]

On 07.12.22 23:40, Yang Shi wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 2:57 AM David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > We use "unsigned long" to store a PFN in the kernel and phys_addr_t to
> > store a physical address.
> >
> > On a 64bit system, both are 64bit wide. However, on a 32bit system, the
> > latter might be 64bit wide. This is, for example, the case on x86 with
> > PAE: phys_addr_t and PTEs are 64bit wide, while "unsigned long" only
> > spans 32bit.
> >
> > The current definition of SWP_PFN_BITS without MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS misses
> > that case, and assumes that the maximum PFN is limited by an 32bit
> > phys_addr_t. This implies, that SWP_PFN_BITS will currently only be able to
> > cover 4 GiB - 1 on any 32bit system with 4k page size, which is wrong.
>
> Thanks for debugging this. IIUC this means even swap is actually
> broken on x86_32 + PAE?

I saw all different kinds of issues while testing debugging without this 
patch, but they might just be a fallout from previous page migration/THP 
splitting issues.

I think swap should be fine, because SWP_PFN_BITS only affects 
swp_offset_pfn(): only used when is_pfn_swap_entry()==true.

Thanks!

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb