When remapping pages accounting for 4G or more memory space, the operation 'count << PAGE_SHIFT' overflows as it is performed on an integer. Solution: cast before doing the bitshift. Signed-off-by: Guillermo Julián <guillermo.julian@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmalloc.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c index ae7d20b..97257e4 100644 --- a/mm/vmalloc.c +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_unmap_ram); */ void *vm_map_ram(struct page **pages, unsigned int count, int node, pgprot_t prot) { - unsigned long size = count << PAGE_SHIFT; + unsigned long size = ((unsigned long) count) << PAGE_SHIFT; unsigned long addr; void *mem; @@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ static void __vunmap(const void *addr, int deallocate_pages) kfree(area); return; } - + /** * vfree - release memory allocated by vmalloc() * @addr: memory base address -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href