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Message-ID: <20201112195042.GB123036@google.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 11:50:42 -0800
From: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>, ngupta@...are.org,
Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
sjenning@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, gregkh <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/zsmalloc: include sparsemem.h for MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS
On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 03:33:18PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 2:39 PM Thomas Bogendoerfer
> <tsbogend@...ha.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@...nel.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@...nel.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.
Thanks, Arnd!
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