On 11/18/20 5:14 AM, Liu Xiang wrote:
> On 64-bit machine, delta variable in hugetlb_acct_memory() may be larger
> than 0xffffffff, but gather_surplus_pages() can only use the low 32-bit
> value now.
> 
> Reported-by: Ma Chenggong <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Liu Xiang <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Pan Jiagen <[email protected]>
> ---
>  mm/hugetlb.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 37f15c3..293b36d 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ struct page *alloc_huge_page_vma(struct hstate *h, 
> struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>   * Increase the hugetlb pool such that it can accommodate a reservation
>   * of size 'delta'.
>   */
> -static int gather_surplus_pages(struct hstate *h, int delta)
> +static int gather_surplus_pages(struct hstate *h, long delta)
>       __must_hold(&hugetlb_lock)
>  {
>       struct list_head surplus_list;

Thank you for noticing the type difference.

However, if the parameter delta is changed to long then we should also change
the local variables in gather_surplus_pages that are used with delta.
Specifically, the local variables 'needed', 'allocated' and 'i' should also be
of type long.
-- 
Mike Kravetz

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