linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: use correct type for HYPERVISOR_memory

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Message-ID: <56093F65.4050206@citrix.com>
Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:23:49 +0100
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>, <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	<david.vrabel@...rix.com>, <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: use correct type for HYPERVISOR_memory_op()

On 04/09/15 13:50, Juergen Gross wrote:
> HYPERVISOR_memory_op() is defined to return an "int" value. This is
> wrong, as the Xen hypervisor will return "long".
> 
> The sub-function XENMEM_maximum_reservation returns the maximum
> number of pages for the current domain. An int will overflow for a
> domain configured with 8TB of memory or more.
> 
> Correct this by using the correct type.

Applied to for-linus-4.3, thanks.

David
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