Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix regression with huge pages on PAE

[Ingo Molnar]

* Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
> @@ -279,17 +279,14 @@ static inline pmdval_t native_pmd_val(pmd_t pmd)
>  static inline pudval_t pud_pfn_mask(pud_t pud)
>  {
>  	if (native_pud_val(pud) & _PAGE_PSE)
> -		return PUD_PAGE_MASK & PHYSICAL_PAGE_MASK;
> +		return ~((1ULL << PUD_SHIFT) - 1) & PHYSICAL_PAGE_MASK;
>  	else
>  		return PTE_PFN_MASK;
>  }

>  static inline pmdval_t pmd_pfn_mask(pmd_t pmd)
>  {
>  	if (native_pmd_val(pmd) & _PAGE_PSE)
> -		return PMD_PAGE_MASK & PHYSICAL_PAGE_MASK;
> +		return ~((1ULL << PMD_SHIFT) - 1) & PHYSICAL_PAGE_MASK;
>  	else
>  		return PTE_PFN_MASK;
>  }

So instead of uglifying the code, why not fix the real bug: change the 
PMD_PAGE_MASK/PUD_PAGE_MASK definitions to be 64-bit everywhere?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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