Re: [PATCH 07/22] ARM: LPAE: use phys_addr_t in free_memmap()

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Tue, 31 Jul 2012, Cyril Chemparathy wrote:

> From: Vitaly Andrianov <vitalya@xxxxxx>
> 
> The free_memmap() was mistakenly using unsigned long type to represent
> physical addresses.  This breaks on PAE systems where memory could be placed
> above the 32-bit addressible limit.
> 
> This patch fixes this function to properly use phys_addr_t instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Andrianov <vitalya@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Cyril Chemparathy <cyril@xxxxxx>

Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  arch/arm/mm/init.c |    6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
> index f54d592..8252c31 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
> @@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static inline void
>  free_memmap(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
>  {
>  	struct page *start_pg, *end_pg;
> -	unsigned long pg, pgend;
> +	phys_addr_t pg, pgend;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Convert start_pfn/end_pfn to a struct page pointer.
> @@ -469,8 +469,8 @@ free_memmap(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
>  	 * Convert to physical addresses, and
>  	 * round start upwards and end downwards.
>  	 */
> -	pg = (unsigned long)PAGE_ALIGN(__pa(start_pg));
> -	pgend = (unsigned long)__pa(end_pg) & PAGE_MASK;
> +	pg = PAGE_ALIGN(__pa(start_pg));
> +	pgend = __pa(end_pg) & PAGE_MASK;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * If there are free pages between these,
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
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