Thanks for your advice. I will send a v2 patch.
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发件人：Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
发送时间：2020年11月19日(星期四) 02:44
收件人：liu xiang <liu.xiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-mm <linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx>
抄 送：akpm <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-kernel <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; liuxiang_1999 <liuxiang_1999@xxxxxxx>; pan jiagen <pan.jiagen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
主 题：Re: [PATCH] mm: hugetlb: fix type of delta parameter in gather_surplus_pages()
On 11/18/20 5:14 AM, Liu Xiang wrote:
> On 64-bit machine, delta variable in hugetlb_acct_memory() may be larger
> than 0xffffffff, but gather_surplus_pages() can only use the low 32-bit
> value now.
>
> Reported-by: Ma Chenggong <ma.chenggong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Liu Xiang <liu.xiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Pan Jiagen <pan.jiagen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/hugetlb.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 37f15c3..293b36d 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ struct page *alloc_huge_page_vma(struct hstate *h, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> * Increase the hugetlb pool such that it can accommodate a reservation
> * of size 'delta'.
> */
> -static int gather_surplus_pages(struct hstate *h, int delta)
> +static int gather_surplus_pages(struct hstate *h, long delta)
> __must_hold(&hugetlb_lock)
> {
> struct list_head surplus_list;
Thank you for noticing the type difference.
However, if the parameter delta is changed to long then we should also change
the local variables in gather_surplus_pages that are used with delta.
Specifically, the local variables 'needed', 'allocated' and 'i' should also be
of type long.
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Mike Kravetz
