The patch titled
Subject: lib/genalloc.c: change return type to unsigned long for bitmap_set_ll
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
lib-genalloc-change-return-type-to-unsigned-long-for-bitmap_set_ll.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-genalloc-change-return-type-to-unsigned-long-for-bitmap_set_ll.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-genalloc-change-return-type-to-unsigned-long-for-bitmap_set_ll.patch
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From: Huang Shijie <sjhuang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: lib/genalloc.c: change return type to unsigned long for bitmap_set_ll
Just as bitmap_clear_ll(), change return type to unsigned long
for bitmap_set_ll to avoid the possible overflow in future.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210105031644.2771-1-sjhuang@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <sjhuang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/genalloc.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/lib/genalloc.c~lib-genalloc-change-return-type-to-unsigned-long-for-bitmap_set_ll
+++ a/lib/genalloc.c
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ static int clear_bits_ll(unsigned long *
* users set the same bit, one user will return remain bits, otherwise
* return 0.
*/
-static int bitmap_set_ll(unsigned long *map, unsigned long start, unsigned long nr)
+static unsigned long
+bitmap_set_ll(unsigned long *map, unsigned long start, unsigned long nr)
{
unsigned long *p = map + BIT_WORD(start);
const unsigned long size = start + nr;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from sjhuang@xxxxxxxxxxx are
lib-genalloc-change-return-type-to-unsigned-long-for-bitmap_set_ll.patch
