Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm: Fix struct page layout on 32-bit systems

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Thu Apr 15 2021 - 18:22:49 EST


On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 09:11:56PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> Isn't it possible to move the field down one long?
> This might require an explicit zero - but this is not a common
> code path - the extra write will be noise.

Then it overlaps page->mapping. See emails passim.