linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix 32 bit build

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Message-ID: <1a6d4cc2152eebb5a0656e3718fc96645ee2e785.camel@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 16 Jun 2021 21:59:50 +0300
From:   Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "open list:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" 
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix 32 bit build

On Wed, 2021-06-16 at 15:59 +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2021, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> > Now that kvm->stat.nx_lpage_splits is 64 bit, use DIV_ROUND_UP_ULL
> > when doing division.
> 
> I went the "cast to an unsigned long" route.  I prefer the cast approach because
> to_zap is also an unsigned long, i.e. using DIV_ROUND_UP_ULL() could look like a
> truncation bug.  In practice, nx_lpage_splits can't be more than an unsigned long
> so it's largely a moot point, I just like the more explicit "this is doing
> something odd".
> 
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210615162905.2132937-1-seanjc@google.com
> 
> > Fixes: 7ee093d4f3f5 ("KVM: switch per-VM stats to u64")
> > Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> > index 720ceb0a1f5c..97372225f183 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> > @@ -6054,7 +6054,7 @@ static void kvm_recover_nx_lpages(struct kvm *kvm)
> >  	write_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
> >  
> >  	ratio = READ_ONCE(nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio);
> > -	to_zap = ratio ? DIV_ROUND_UP(kvm->stat.nx_lpage_splits, ratio) : 0;
> > +	to_zap = ratio ? DIV_ROUND_UP_ULL(kvm->stat.nx_lpage_splits, ratio) : 0;
> >  	for ( ; to_zap; --to_zap) {
> >  		if (list_empty(&kvm->arch.lpage_disallowed_mmu_pages))
> >  			break;
> > -- 
> > 2.26.3
> > 
Cool, makes sense.

I didn't notice your patch (I did look at the list but
since the subject didn't mention the build breakage I didn't notice).

I just wanted to send this patch to avoid someone else
spending time figuring it out.

Thanks,
Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky