[merged] bounds-use-the-right-number-of-bits-for-power-of-two-config_nr_cpus.patch removed from -mm tree

[merged] bounds-use-the-right-number-of-bits-for-power-of-two-config_nr_cpus.patch removed from -mm tree

[Andrew Morton]

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The quilt patch titled
     Subject: bounds: use the right number of bits for power-of-two CONFIG_NR_CPUS
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     bounds-use-the-right-number-of-bits-for-power-of-two-config_nr_cpus.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
Subject: bounds: use the right number of bits for power-of-two CONFIG_NR_CPUS
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:47:51 +0100

bits_per() rounds up to the next power of two when passed a power of two. 
This causes crashes on some machines and configurations.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240429144807.3012361-1-willy@infradead.org
Fixes: f2d5dcb48f7b (bounds: support non-power-of-two CONFIG_NR_CPUS)
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Reported-by: Михаил Новоселов <m.novosyolov@rosalinux.ru>
Tested-by: Ильфат Гаптрахманов <i.gaptrakhmanov@rosalinux.ru>
Link: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/3347
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/1c978cf1-2934-4e66-e4b3-e81b04cb3571@rosalinux.ru/
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 kernel/bounds.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/bounds.c~bounds-use-the-right-number-of-bits-for-power-of-two-config_nr_cpus
+++ a/kernel/bounds.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ int main(void)
 	DEFINE(NR_PAGEFLAGS, __NR_PAGEFLAGS);
 	DEFINE(MAX_NR_ZONES, __MAX_NR_ZONES);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	DEFINE(NR_CPUS_BITS, bits_per(CONFIG_NR_CPUS));
+	DEFINE(NR_CPUS_BITS, bits_per(CONFIG_NR_CPUS - 1));
 #endif
 	DEFINE(SPINLOCK_SIZE, sizeof(spinlock_t));
 #ifdef CONFIG_LRU_GEN
_

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mm-memory-failure-add-some-folio-conversions-to-unpoison_memory.patch
mm-memory-failure-use-folio-functions-throughout-collect_procs.patch
mm-memory-failure-pass-the-folio-to-collect_procs_ksm.patch
fscrypt-convert-bh_get_inode_and_lblk_num-to-use-a-folio.patch
f2fs-convert-f2fs_clear_page_cache_dirty_tag-to-use-a-folio.patch
memory-failure-remove-calls-to-page_mapping.patch
migrate-expand-the-use-of-folio-in-__migrate_device_pages.patch
userfault-expand-folio-use-in-mfill_atomic_install_pte.patch
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gup-use-folios-for-gup_devmap.patch
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mm-remove-pagereferenced.patch
mm-simplify-thp_vma_allowable_order.patch
mm-assert-the-mmap_lock-is-held-in-__anon_vma_prepare.patch
mm-delay-the-check-for-a-null-anon_vma.patch
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