Re: [PATCH RFC v3 1/2] mm: Add personality flag to limit address to 47 bits

Geert Uytterhoeven
2024-09-10T12:51:35Z

Hi Christophe,

On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 11:21 AM Christophe Leroy
<christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu> wrote:
> >>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/personality.h b/include/uapi/linux/personality.h
> >>> index 49796b7756af..cd3b8c154d9b 100644
> >>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/personality.h
> >>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/personality.h
> >>> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ enum {
> >>> WHOLE_SECONDS = 0x2000000,
> >>> STICKY_TIMEOUTS = 0x4000000,
> >>> ADDR_LIMIT_3GB = 0x8000000,
> >>> + ADDR_LIMIT_47BIT = 0x10000000,
> >>> };
> >>
> >> I wonder if ADDR_LIMIT_128T would be clearer?
> >>
> >
> > I don't follow, what does 128T represent?
>
> 128T is 128 Terabytes, that's the maximum size achievable with a 47BIT
> address, that naming would be more consistant with the ADDR_LIMIT_3GB
> just above that means a 3 Gigabytes limit.

Hence ADDR_LIMIT_128TB?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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