On 02/08/2013 12:28 PM, Dave Hansen wrote:
#endif diff -puN include/linux/mm.h~clean-up-highmem-checks include/linux/mm.h --- linux-2.6.git/include/linux/mm.h~clean-up-highmem-checks 2013-02-08 08:42:37.295222148 -0800 +++ linux-2.6.git-dave/include/linux/mm.h 2013-02-08 09:01:49.758254468 -0800 @@ -1771,5 +1771,18 @@ static inline unsigned int debug_guardpa static inline bool page_is_guard(struct page *page) { return false; } #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC */ +static inline phys_addr_t last_lowmem_phys_addr(void) +{ + /* + * 'high_memory' is not a pointer that can be dereferenced, so + * avoid calling __pa() on it directly. + */ + return __pa(high_memory - 1); +} +static inline bool phys_addr_is_highmem(phys_addr_t addr) +{ + return addr > last_lowmem_paddr(); +} +
Are we sure that high_memory - 1 is always a valid reference? Consider especially the case where there is MMIO beyond end of memory on a system which has less RAM than the HIGHMEM boundary...
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