Re: [PATCH] mm: change size_t to unsigned int for cma_alloc

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Mon Mar 29 2021 - 14:45:47 EST


On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 11:25:53AM -0700, Minchan Kim wrote:
> size_t in cma_alloc is confusing since it makes people think
> it's byte count, not pages. Fix it.

i think it has to be unsigned long.

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> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20210324043434.GP1719932@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/cma.h | 2 +-
> mm/cma.c | 8 ++++----
> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/cma.h b/include/linux/cma.h
> index 217999c8a762..a873edc20ca2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/cma.h
> +++ b/include/linux/cma.h
> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ extern int cma_init_reserved_mem(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size,
> unsigned int order_per_bit,
> const char *name,
> struct cma **res_cma);
> -extern struct page *cma_alloc(struct cma *cma, size_t count, unsigned int align,
> +extern struct page *cma_alloc(struct cma *cma, unsigned int count, unsigned int align,
> bool no_warn);
> extern bool cma_release(struct cma *cma, const struct page *pages, unsigned int count);
>
> diff --git a/mm/cma.c b/mm/cma.c
> index 08c45157911a..24dc01e26d45 100644
> --- a/mm/cma.c
> +++ b/mm/cma.c
> @@ -423,21 +423,21 @@ static inline void cma_debug_show_areas(struct cma *cma) { }
> * This function allocates part of contiguous memory on specific
> * contiguous memory area.
> */
> -struct page *cma_alloc(struct cma *cma, size_t count, unsigned int align,
> +struct page *cma_alloc(struct cma *cma, unsigned int count, unsigned int align,
> bool no_warn)
> {
> unsigned long mask, offset;
> unsigned long pfn = -1;
> unsigned long start = 0;
> unsigned long bitmap_maxno, bitmap_no, bitmap_count;
> - size_t i;
> + unsigned int i;
> struct page *page = NULL;
> int ret = -ENOMEM;
>
> if (!cma || !cma->count || !cma->bitmap)
> goto out;
>
> - pr_debug("%s(cma %p, count %zu, align %d)\n", __func__, (void *)cma,
> + pr_debug("%s(cma %p, count %u, align %d)\n", __func__, (void *)cma,
> count, align);
>
> if (!count)
> @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ struct page *cma_alloc(struct cma *cma, size_t count, unsigned int align,
> }
>
> if (ret && !no_warn) {
> - pr_err_ratelimited("%s: %s: alloc failed, req-size: %zu pages, ret: %d\n",
> + pr_err_ratelimited("%s: %s: alloc failed, req-size: %u pages, ret: %d\n",
> __func__, cma->name, count, ret);
> cma_debug_show_areas(cma);
> }
> --
> 2.31.0.291.g576ba9dcdaf-goog
>
>