On 02-Oct-19 3:42 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 13:41:30 +0200
David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> wrote:

+uint64_t eal_get_baseaddr(void)
+{
+       /*
+        * Linux kernel uses a really high address as starting address for
+        * serving mmaps calls. If there exists addressing limitations and IOVA
+        * mode is VA, this starting address is likely too high for those
+        * devices. However, it is possible to use a lower address in the
+        * process virtual address space as with 64 bits there is a lot of
+        * available space.
+        *
+        * Current known limitations are 39 or 40 bits. Setting the starting
+        * address at 4GB implies there are 508GB or 1020GB for mapping the
+        * available hugepages. This is likely enough for most systems, although
+        * a device with addressing limitations should call
+        * rte_mem_check_dma_mask for ensuring all memory is within supported
+        * range.
+        */
+       return 0x100000000;

Is this going to work right on 32  bit builds where sizeof(uint) == 4
then constants default to 32. Does it need ul or ull suffix (or a cast)?


Adding ULL in v2, thanks.

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Thanks,
Anatoly

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