linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: change size_t to unsigned int for cma

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Date:   Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:58:37 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: change size_t to unsigned int for cma_alloc

On 29.03.21 22:12, Minchan Kim wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 07:44:31PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 11:25:53AM -0700, Minchan Kim wrote:
>>> size_t in cma_alloc is confusing since it makes people think
>>> it's byte count, not pages. Fix it.
>>
>> i think it has to be unsigned long.
>>
>> 67a2e213e7e937c41c52ab5bc46bf3f4de469f6e

Right.

Fortunately, we don't have such large allocations yet via 
CMA/alloc_contig_range

> 
> Thanks for the pinter. I wanted to have the smallest change.
> The commit leads me to change cma_release, trace_cma_alloc,
> cma_clear_bitmap and front_contig_range as well.(Not sure
> we have more. Will check).
> 
> Ccing david@...hat.com for upcoming changing free_contig_range.

While at it, we might want to convert free_contig_range() to eat
"unsigned long start, unsigned long end" like alloc_contig_range(), 
instead of "unsigned long pfn, unsigned int nr_pages" like 
alloc_contig_pages() ...

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb