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Message-ID: <de3e12e2-6dff-90cd-3f47-fe8deaae1fa8@csgroup.eu>
Date:   Mon, 28 Mar 2022 14:12:06 +0000
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
        "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        "mpe@...erman.id.au" <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        "benh@...nel.crashing.or" <benh@...nel.crashing.or>,
        "paulus@...ba.org" <paulus@...ba.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
CC:     "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "npiggin@...il.com" <npiggin@...il.com>,
        "songyuanzheng@...wei.com" <songyuanzheng@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] Revert "powerpc: Set max_mapnr correctly"

Hi,

Le 26/03/2022 à 08:55, Kefeng Wang a écrit :
> Hi maintainers，
> 
> I saw the patches has been reviewed[1], could they be merged?

Thinking about it once more, I think the patches should go in reverse 
order. Patch 2 should go first and patch 1 should go after.

Otherwise, once patch 1 is applied and patch 2 is not applied yet, 
virt_addr_valid() doesn't work anymore.

Christophe

> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> [1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linuxppc-dev/list/?series=286464
> 
> On 2022/2/16 20:11, Kefeng Wang wrote:
>> This reverts commit 602946ec2f90d5bd965857753880db29d2d9a1e9.
>>
>> If CONFIG_HIGHMEM enabled, highmem will be disappeared with max_mapnr
>> set to max_low_pfn, see mem_init(),
>>
>>    for (pfn = highmem_mapnr; pfn < max_mapnr; ++pfn) {
>>          ...
>>     free_highmem_page();
>>    }
>>
>> Revert it and will fix virt_addr_valid() check in the next patch.
>>
>> Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
>> Fixes: 602946ec2f90 ("powerpc: Set max_mapnr correctly")
>> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
>> ---
>> v4:
>> - new patch
>>   arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
>> index 8e301cd8925b..4d221d033804 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
>> @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
>>   #endif
>>       high_memory = (void *) __va(max_low_pfn * PAGE_SIZE);
>> -    set_max_mapnr(max_low_pfn);
>> +    set_max_mapnr(max_pfn);
>>       kasan_late_init();