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From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: David Laight <David.Laight@aculab.com>
Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	"linux-mips@vger.kernel.org" <linux-mips@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>,
	Matteo Croce <mcroce@linux.microsoft.com>,
	Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@ti.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm: Fix struct page layout on 32-bit systems
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:05:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210416110553.GH2531743@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f51e1aa98cb94880a236d58c75c20994@AcuMS.aculab.com>

On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 07:32:35AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
> > Sent: 15 April 2021 23:22
> > 
> > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 09:11:56PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > > Isn't it possible to move the field down one long?
> > > This might require an explicit zero - but this is not a common
> > > code path - the extra write will be noise.
> > 
> > Then it overlaps page->mapping.  See emails passim.
> 
> The rules on overlaps make be wonder if every 'long'
> should be in its own union.

That was what we used to have.  It was worse.

> The comments would need to say when each field is used.
> It would, at least, make these errors less common.
> 
> That doesn't solve the 64bit dma_addr though.
> 
> Actually rather that word-swapping dma_addr on 32bit BE
> could you swap over the two fields it overlays with.
> That might look messy in the .h, but it doesn't require
> an accessor function to do the swap - easily missed.

No.

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: David Laight <David.Laight@aculab.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>,
	Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@ti.com>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mips@vger.kernel.org" <linux-mips@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>,
	Matteo Croce <mcroce@linux.microsoft.com>,
	"linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm: Fix struct page layout on 32-bit systems
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:05:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210416110553.GH2531743@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f51e1aa98cb94880a236d58c75c20994@AcuMS.aculab.com>

On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 07:32:35AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
> > Sent: 15 April 2021 23:22
> > 
> > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 09:11:56PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > > Isn't it possible to move the field down one long?
> > > This might require an explicit zero - but this is not a common
> > > code path - the extra write will be noise.
> > 
> > Then it overlaps page->mapping.  See emails passim.
> 
> The rules on overlaps make be wonder if every 'long'
> should be in its own union.

That was what we used to have.  It was worse.

> The comments would need to say when each field is used.
> It would, at least, make these errors less common.
> 
> That doesn't solve the 64bit dma_addr though.
> 
> Actually rather that word-swapping dma_addr on 32bit BE
> could you swap over the two fields it overlays with.
> That might look messy in the .h, but it doesn't require
> an accessor function to do the swap - easily missed.

No.

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: David Laight <David.Laight@aculab.com>
Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	 "linux-mips@vger.kernel.org" <linux-mips@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>,
	Matteo Croce <mcroce@linux.microsoft.com>,
	Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@ti.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm: Fix struct page layout on 32-bit systems
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:05:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210416110553.GH2531743@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f51e1aa98cb94880a236d58c75c20994@AcuMS.aculab.com>

On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 07:32:35AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
> > Sent: 15 April 2021 23:22
> > 
> > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 09:11:56PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > > Isn't it possible to move the field down one long?
> > > This might require an explicit zero - but this is not a common
> > > code path - the extra write will be noise.
> > 
> > Then it overlaps page->mapping.  See emails passim.
> 
> The rules on overlaps make be wonder if every 'long'
> should be in its own union.

That was what we used to have.  It was worse.

> The comments would need to say when each field is used.
> It would, at least, make these errors less common.
> 
> That doesn't solve the 64bit dma_addr though.
> 
> Actually rather that word-swapping dma_addr on 32bit BE
> could you swap over the two fields it overlays with.
> That might look messy in the .h, but it doesn't require
> an accessor function to do the swap - easily missed.

No.

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Thread overview: 105+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-10 20:52 [PATCH 0/1] Fix struct page layout on 32-bit systems Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2021-04-10 20:52 ` Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2021-04-10 20:52 ` Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2021-04-10 20:52 ` [PATCH 1/1] mm: " Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2021-04-10 20:52   ` Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2021-04-10 20:52   ` Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2021-04-11  9:43   ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-11  9:43     ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-11  9:43     ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-11 10:33     ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-11 10:33       ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-11 10:33       ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-12  1:15       ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-12  1:15         ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-12  1:15         ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-14  8:10         ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-14  8:10           ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-14  8:10           ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-14 11:50           ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-14 11:50             ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-14 11:50             ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-14 11:56             ` Ilias Apalodimas
2021-04-14 11:56               ` Ilias Apalodimas
2021-04-14 11:56               ` Ilias Apalodimas
2021-04-14 15:52             ` David Laight
2021-04-14 15:52               ` David Laight
2021-04-14 15:52               ` David Laight
2021-04-14 15:52               ` David Laight
2021-04-14 19:13             ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-14 19:13               ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-14 19:13               ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-14 21:35               ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-14 21:35                 ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-14 21:35                 ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-14 21:56                 ` David Laight
2021-04-14 21:56                   ` David Laight
2021-04-14 21:56                   ` David Laight
2021-04-14 21:56                   ` David Laight
2021-04-15 18:08                   ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-15 18:08                     ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-15 18:08                     ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-15 18:08                     ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-15 18:21                     ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-15 18:21                       ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-15 18:21                       ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-15 18:21                       ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-15 21:11                       ` David Laight
2021-04-15 21:11                         ` David Laight
2021-04-15 21:11                         ` David Laight
2021-04-15 21:11                         ` David Laight
2021-04-15 22:22                         ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-15 22:22                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-15 22:22                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-15 22:22                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-16  7:32                           ` David Laight
2021-04-16  7:32                             ` David Laight
2021-04-16  7:32                             ` David Laight
2021-04-16  7:32                             ` David Laight
2021-04-16 11:05                             ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2021-04-16 11:05                               ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-16 11:05                               ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-16 11:05                               ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-16 15:27                     ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-16 15:27                       ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-16 15:27                       ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-16 15:27                       ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-16 17:08                       ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-16 17:08                         ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-16 17:08                         ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-16 17:08                         ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2021-04-17  3:19                         ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-17  3:19                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-17  3:19                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-17  3:19                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-17 10:31                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-04-17 10:31                         ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-04-17 10:31                         ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-04-17 10:31                         ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-04-17 13:56                         ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-17 13:56                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-17 13:56                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-17 13:56                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-17 17:30                           ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-04-17 17:30                             ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-04-17 17:30                             ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-04-17 17:30                             ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-04-17 10:59                       ` David Laight
2021-04-17 10:59                         ` David Laight
2021-04-17 10:59                         ` David Laight
2021-04-17 10:59                         ` David Laight
2021-04-19  6:34                       ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-04-19  6:34                         ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-04-19  6:34                         ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-04-19  6:34                         ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-04-19  7:15                         ` Ilias Apalodimas
2021-04-19  7:15                           ` Ilias Apalodimas
2021-04-19  7:15                           ` Ilias Apalodimas
2021-04-19  7:15                           ` Ilias Apalodimas
2021-04-12 18:23     ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-12 18:23       ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-12 18:23       ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-04-13  8:21       ` David Laight
2021-04-13  8:21         ` David Laight
2021-04-13  8:21         ` David Laight
2021-04-13  8:21         ` David Laight

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