[PATCH] Fix the data type inconsistency issue of min (tier, MAX_CR_TIERS-1) in read_ctrl_pos
From: Qingshuang Fu
Date: Fri Aug 08 2025 - 05:44:27 EST
From: Qingshuang Fu <fuqingshuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Due to the fact that the tier data type in min (tier, MAX_CR_TIERS -1)
is int,but MAX_CR_TIERS is an unsigned type, directly using
the min function for comparison will result in an error:
from mm/vmscan.c:15:
mm/vmscan.c: In function ‘read_ctrl_pos’:
./include/linux/build_bug.h:78:41: error: static assertion failed:
"min(tier, 4U - 1) signedness error, fix types or
consider umin() before min_t()"
Fixes: 37a260870f2c ("mm/mglru: rework type selection")
Signed-off-by: Qingshuang Fu <fuqingshuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1 -> v2:
Modified patch descriptio
---
mm/vmscan.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 7de11524a936..f991196fd8e5 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3194,7 +3194,7 @@ static void read_ctrl_pos(struct lruvec *lruvec, int type, int tier, int gain,
pos->gain = gain;
pos->refaulted = pos->total = 0;
- for (i = tier % MAX_NR_TIERS; i <= min(tier, MAX_NR_TIERS - 1); i++) {
+ for (i = tier % MAX_NR_TIERS; i <= min_t(int, tier, MAX_NR_TIERS - 1); i++) {
pos->refaulted += lrugen->avg_refaulted[type][i] +
atomic_long_read(&lrugen->refaulted[hist][type][i]);
pos->total += lrugen->avg_total[type][i] +
--
2.25.1