From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A733C433ED for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2021 06:35:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2CBB061104 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2021 06:35:10 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 2CBB061104 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lst.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FNxrY5Q39z3bq6 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:35:09 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=none (no SPF record) smtp.mailfrom=lst.de (client-ip=213.95.11.211; helo=verein.lst.de; envelope-from=hch@lst.de; receiver=) Received: from verein.lst.de (verein.lst.de [213.95.11.211]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FNxr904rkz2ypn for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:34:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id A92C068B05; Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:34:41 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:34:41 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm: Fix struct page layout on 32-bit systems Message-ID: <20210419063441.GA18787@lst.de> References: <20210411114307.5087f958@carbon> <20210411103318.GC2531743@casper.infradead.org> <20210412011532.GG2531743@casper.infradead.org> <20210414101044.19da09df@carbon> <20210414115052.GS2531743@casper.infradead.org> <20210414211322.3799afd4@carbon> <20210414213556.GY2531743@casper.infradead.org> <20210415200832.32796445@carbon> <20210416152755.GL2531743@casper.infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210416152755.GL2531743@casper.infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Grygorii Strashko , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , Ilias Apalodimas , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-mips@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-mm@kvack.org" , David Laight , Jesper Dangaard Brouer , Matteo Croce , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , Christoph Hellwig , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 04:27:55PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 08:08:32PM +0200, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote: > > See below patch. Where I swap32 the dma address to satisfy > > page->compound having bit zero cleared. (It is the simplest fix I could > > come up with). > > I think this is slightly simpler, and as a bonus code that assumes the > old layout won't compile. So, why do we even do this crappy overlay of a dma address? This just all seems like a giant hack. Random subsystems should not just steal a few struct page fields as that just turns into the desasters like the one we've seen here or probably something worse next time.