linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvdimm: use 'u64' for pfn flags

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Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:19:14 -0800
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Stuart Foster <smf.linux@...world.com>,
	Julian Margetson <runaway@...dw.ms>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvdimm: use 'u64' for pfn flags

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> A recent bugfix changed pfn_t to always be 64-bit wide, but did not
> change the code in pmem.c, which is now broken on 32-bit architectures
> as reported by gcc:
>
> In file included from ../drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c:28:0:
> drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c: In function 'pmem_alloc':
> include/linux/pfn_t.h:15:17: error: large integer implicitly truncated to unsigned type [-Werror=overflow]
>  #define PFN_DEV (1ULL << (BITS_PER_LONG_LONG - 3))
>
> This changes the intermediate pfn_flags in struct pmem_device to
> be 64 bit wide as well, so they can store the flags correctly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Fixes: db78c22230d0 ("mm: fix pfn_t vs highmem")

Thanks Arnd, I'll roll this up.