+ bounds-use-the-right-number-of-bits-for-power-of-two-config_nr_cpus.patch added to mm-hotfixes-unstable branch

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The patch titled
     Subject: bounds: use the right number of bits for power-of-two CONFIG_NR_CPUS
has been added to the -mm mm-hotfixes-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     bounds-use-the-right-number-of-bits-for-power-of-two-config_nr_cpus.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/bounds-use-the-right-number-of-bits-for-power-of-two-config_nr_cpus.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-hotfixes-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: bounds: use the right number of bits for power-of-two CONFIG_NR_CPUS
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:47:51 +0100

bits_per() rounds up to the next power of two when passed a power of two. 
This causes crashes on some machines and configurations.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240429144807.3012361-1-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: f2d5dcb48f7b (bounds: support non-power-of-two CONFIG_NR_CPUS)
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Ð?иÑ?аил Ð?овоÑ?елов <m.novosyolov@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Ð?лÑ?Ñ?аÑ? Ð?апÑ?Ñ?аÑ?манов <i.gaptrakhmanov@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/3347
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/1c978cf1-2934-4e66-e4b3-e81b04cb3571@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 kernel/bounds.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/bounds.c~bounds-use-the-right-number-of-bits-for-power-of-two-config_nr_cpus
+++ a/kernel/bounds.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ int main(void)
 	DEFINE(NR_PAGEFLAGS, __NR_PAGEFLAGS);
 	DEFINE(MAX_NR_ZONES, __MAX_NR_ZONES);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	DEFINE(NR_CPUS_BITS, bits_per(CONFIG_NR_CPUS));
+	DEFINE(NR_CPUS_BITS, bits_per(CONFIG_NR_CPUS - 1));
 #endif
 	DEFINE(SPINLOCK_SIZE, sizeof(spinlock_t));
 #ifdef CONFIG_LRU_GEN
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are

bounds-use-the-right-number-of-bits-for-power-of-two-config_nr_cpus.patch
doc-improve-the-description-of-__folio_mark_dirty.patch
buffer-add-kernel-doc-for-block_dirty_folio.patch
buffer-add-kernel-doc-for-try_to_free_buffers.patch
buffer-fix-__bread-and-__bread_gfp-kernel-doc.patch
buffer-add-kernel-doc-for-brelse-and-__brelse.patch
buffer-add-kernel-doc-for-bforget-and-__bforget.patch
buffer-improve-bdev_getblk-documentation.patch
doc-split-bufferrst-out-of-api-summaryrst.patch
doc-split-bufferrst-out-of-api-summaryrst-fix.patch
mm-memory-failure-remove-fsdax_pgoff-argument-from-__add_to_kill.patch
mm-memory-failure-pass-addr-to-__add_to_kill.patch
mm-return-the-address-from-page_mapped_in_vma.patch
mm-make-page_mapped_in_vma-conditional-on-config_memory_failure.patch
mm-memory-failure-convert-shake_page-to-shake_folio.patch
mm-convert-hugetlb_page_mapping_lock_write-to-folio.patch
mm-memory-failure-convert-memory_failure-to-use-a-folio.patch
mm-memory-failure-convert-hwpoison_user_mappings-to-take-a-folio.patch
mm-memory-failure-add-some-folio-conversions-to-unpoison_memory.patch
mm-memory-failure-use-folio-functions-throughout-collect_procs.patch
mm-memory-failure-pass-the-folio-to-collect_procs_ksm.patch
fscrypt-convert-bh_get_inode_and_lblk_num-to-use-a-folio.patch
f2fs-convert-f2fs_clear_page_cache_dirty_tag-to-use-a-folio.patch
memory-failure-remove-calls-to-page_mapping.patch
migrate-expand-the-use-of-folio-in-__migrate_device_pages.patch
userfault-expand-folio-use-in-mfill_atomic_install_pte.patch
mm-remove-page_mapping.patch
mm-remove-page_cache_alloc.patch
mm-remove-put_devmap_managed_page.patch
mm-convert-put_devmap_managed_page_refs-to-put_devmap_managed_folio_refs.patch
mm-remove-page_ref_sub_return.patch
gup-use-folios-for-gup_devmap.patch
mm-add-kernel-doc-for-folio_mark_accessed.patch
mm-remove-pagereferenced.patch
mm-simplify-thp_vma_allowable_order.patch
mm-assert-the-mmap_lock-is-held-in-__anon_vma_prepare.patch
mm-delay-the-check-for-a-null-anon_vma.patch
mm-fix-some-minor-per-vma-lock-issues-in-userfaultfd.patch
mm-optimise-vmf_anon_prepare-for-vmas-without-an-anon_vma.patch
squashfs-convert-squashfs_symlink_read_folio-to-use-folio-apis.patch
squashfs-remove-calls-to-set-the-folio-error-flag.patch





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