linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix atomic

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Message-ID: <20080514223726.6e09f049@core>
Date:	Wed, 14 May 2008 22:37:26 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	torvalds@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix atomic_t overflow in vm

On Wed, 14 May 2008 22:33:03 +0100
Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> From: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>
> 
> The atomic_t type is 32bit but a 64bit system can have more than 2^32
> pages of virtual address space available. Without this we overflow on
> ludicrously large mappings
> ---

Umm need to adjust the template: Add

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>
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