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From: Avi Weiss <thnkslprpt@gmail.com>
To: rppt@kernel.org
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, rientjes@google.com,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mm/mm_init: avoid overflow in percentage-based core sizing
Date: Fri,  6 Nov 2026 09:23:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261106072354.2234189-2-thnkslprpt@gmail.com> (raw)

The kernelcore= and movablecore= percentage calculations multiply the
total number of pages before dividing. On 32-bit kernels, the
intermediate unsigned long product can overflow, producing incorrect
memory zone boundaries. With 2 GiB of RAM and kernelcore=100%, a
32-bit HIGHMEM kernel incorrectly creates ZONE_MOVABLE.

Use mult_frac() to calculate both percentages without overflowing
the intermediate product.

Fixes: a5c6d6509342 ("mm, page_alloc: extend kernelcore and movablecore for percent")
Signed-off-by: Avi Weiss <thnkslprpt@gmail.com>
---
 mm/mm_init.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index 2a0e782a151d..27a50ecd5c20 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  *
  */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/math.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
@@ -448,11 +449,9 @@ static void __init find_zone_movable_pfns_for_nodes(void)
 	 * amount of necessary memory.
 	 */
 	if (required_kernelcore_percent)
-		required_kernelcore = (totalpages * 100 * required_kernelcore_percent) /
-				       10000UL;
+		required_kernelcore = mult_frac(totalpages, required_kernelcore_percent, 100);
 	if (required_movablecore_percent)
-		required_movablecore = (totalpages * 100 * required_movablecore_percent) /
-					10000UL;
+		required_movablecore = mult_frac(totalpages, required_movablecore_percent, 100);
 
 	/*
 	 * If movablecore= was specified, calculate what size of

base-commit: 36aad21d50d1af3f6954bb0c988257a908202477
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-11-06  7:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-06  7:23 Avi Weiss [this message]
2026-11-07 10:57 ` Mike Rapoport

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