From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
To: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>, Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch>,
Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>,
ngupta@vflare.org,
Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com, gregkh <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Linux-MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/zsmalloc: include sparsemem.h for MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 15:33:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK8P3a34gW-Cj0sOGiwXHewJjgimpxPqt4mEN2Lh=MiSA_tAaw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201111133945.GA12288@alpha.franken.de>
On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 2:39 PM Thomas Bogendoerfer
<tsbogend@alpha.franken.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 11:57:02AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 11:26 AM Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 10:33:29AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 5:21 PM Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 12:21:11PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > To be on the safe side, we could provoke a compile-time error
> > > > > > when CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT is set on a 32-bit
> > > > > > architecture, but MAX_POSSIBLE_PHYSMEM_BITS is not set.
> > > > >
> > > > > Maybe compile time warning and a runtime error in zs_init() if 32 bit
> > > > > machine has memory above 4G?
> > > >
> > > > If the fix is as easy as adding a single line in a header, I think a
> > > > compile-time
> > > > error makes it easier, no need to wait for someone to boot a broken
> > > > system before fixing it.
> > >
> > > Not sure it would be as easy as adding a single line in a header for
> > > MIPS with it's diversity.
> >
> > I looked up the architecture, and found:
> >
> > - The pre-MIPS32r1 cores only support 32-bit addressing
> > - octeon selects PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT but no longer
> > supports 32-bit kernels
> > - Alchemy and netlogic (XLR, XLP) have 36-bit addressing
> > - CONFIG_XPA implies 40-bit addressing
>
> MIPS32r5 might have up to 60-bit addressing according to the MIPS32 PRA
> docuemnt (MD00090). But there is probably no chip, which implements it
> so for now 40-bit addressing is correct.
>
> >
> > We should run it by the MIPS maintainers, but I think this patch
> > is sufficient:
>
> Do you want me to run it through mips tree or do you need an
> Acked-By from me ?
I'll follow up with a proper submission for MIPS and the other
architectures, please apply that one.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-11 14:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-07 15:22 [PATCH] mm/zsmalloc: include sparsemem.h for MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS Stefan Agner
2020-11-08 0:56 ` Andrew Morton
2020-11-08 1:16 ` Stefan Agner
2020-11-08 4:54 ` Florian Fainelli
2020-11-09 17:04 ` Minchan Kim
2020-11-08 6:46 ` Mike Rapoport
2020-11-10 9:29 ` Stefan Agner
2020-11-10 9:58 ` Mike Rapoport
2020-11-10 11:21 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-11-10 12:22 ` Stefan Agner
2020-11-10 15:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-11-10 16:21 ` Mike Rapoport
2020-11-10 23:36 ` Minchan Kim
2020-11-11 6:52 ` Mike Rapoport
2020-11-12 19:49 ` Minchan Kim
2020-11-11 9:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-11-11 10:26 ` Mike Rapoport
2020-11-11 10:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-11-11 11:04 ` Mike Rapoport
2020-11-11 13:39 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
2020-11-11 14:33 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2020-11-12 19:50 ` Minchan Kim
2020-11-12 23:46 ` Florian Fainelli
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