Re: [PATCH UPDATED] x86: set PAE PHYSICAL_MASK_SHIFT to 44 bits.

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Date: Fri Jun 06 2008 - 09:51:36 EST


Andi Kleen wrote:
43bits might be actally safer because of potential sign bugs.

But of course it won't work anyways likely.

I thought about it, but I think we're pretty consistent about putting pfns into unsigned types. But, yes, you're very marginal at that point.

J
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