* Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > But, what problems do you expect with having a wider mask than its primary usage? > > If it's used for 32-bit values it will be truncated down safely. (But I have not > > tested it, so I might be missing some complication.) > > Yeah, I basically worry about non realized side effect. Such a worry is prudent, the best way would be to double check a disassembly of a before/after vmlinux and see in which functions they differ and why. We might have similar bugs elsewhere - silently fixed by such a change. Thanks, Ingo -- 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=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>