Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:35:52 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: don't use vmalloc_end |
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(cc linux-ia64)
On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:24:03 +0000 "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@novell.com> wrote:
> At least on ia64 vmalloc_end is a global variable that VMALLOC_END > expands to. Hence having a local variable named vmalloc_end and > initialized from VMALLOC_END won't work on such platforms. Rename > these variables, and for consistency also rename vmalloc_start. >
erk. So does 2.6.32's vmalloc() actually work correctly on ia64?
Perhaps vmalloc_end wasn't a well chosen name for an arch-specific global variable.
arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h does the same thing. Did it break too?
> --- > mm/vmalloc.c | 16 ++++++++-------- > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > --- linux-2.6.32/mm/vmalloc.c > +++ 2.6.32-dont-use-vmalloc_end/mm/vmalloc.c > @@ -2060,13 +2060,13 @@ static unsigned long pvm_determine_end(s > struct vmap_area **pprev, > unsigned long align) > { > - const unsigned long vmalloc_end = VMALLOC_END & ~(align - 1); > + const unsigned long end = VMALLOC_END & ~(align - 1); > unsigned long addr; > > if (*pnext) > - addr = min((*pnext)->va_start & ~(align - 1), vmalloc_end); > + addr = min((*pnext)->va_start & ~(align - 1), end); > else > - addr = vmalloc_end; > + addr = end; > > while (*pprev && (*pprev)->va_end > addr) { > *pnext = *pprev; > @@ -2105,8 +2105,8 @@ struct vm_struct **pcpu_get_vm_areas(con > const size_t *sizes, int nr_vms, > size_t align, gfp_t gfp_mask) > { > - const unsigned long vmalloc_start = ALIGN(VMALLOC_START, align); > - const unsigned long vmalloc_end = VMALLOC_END & ~(align - 1); > + const unsigned long vstart = ALIGN(VMALLOC_START, align); > + const unsigned long vend = VMALLOC_END & ~(align - 1); > struct vmap_area **vas, *prev, *next; > struct vm_struct **vms; > int area, area2, last_area, term_area; > @@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ struct vm_struct **pcpu_get_vm_areas(con > } > last_end = offsets[last_area] + sizes[last_area]; > > - if (vmalloc_end - vmalloc_start < last_end) { > + if (vend - vstart < last_end) { > WARN_ON(true); > return NULL; > } > @@ -2167,7 +2167,7 @@ retry: > end = start + sizes[area]; > > if (!pvm_find_next_prev(vmap_area_pcpu_hole, &next, &prev)) { > - base = vmalloc_end - last_end; > + base = vend - last_end; > goto found; > } > base = pvm_determine_end(&next, &prev, align) - end; > @@ -2180,7 +2180,7 @@ retry: > * base might have underflowed, add last_end before > * comparing. > */ > - if (base + last_end < vmalloc_start + last_end) { > + if (base + last_end < vstart + last_end) { > spin_unlock(&vmap_area_lock); > if (!purged) { > purge_vmap_area_lazy(); >
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