Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/3] x86/xen: use the maximum MFN to calculate the required DMA mask

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@suse.com>]

>>> On 12.11.14 at 16:55, <JBeulich@suse.com> wrote:
>>>> On 12.11.14 at 16:25, <david.vrabel@citrix.com> wrote:
>> +u64
>> +xen_swiotlb_get_required_mask(struct device *dev)
>> +{
>> +	u64 max_mfn;
>> +
>> +	max_mfn = HYPERVISOR_memory_op(XENMEM_maximum_ram_page, NULL);
>> +
>> +	return DMA_BIT_MASK(fls64(max_mfn << PAGE_SHIFT) + 1);
>> +}
> 
> The value the hypercall returns is exclusive and an unsigned long.

The latter has further relevance: For one, HYPERVISOR_memory_op()
returns "int" currently - this needs to become "long" for the purpose
here (also for eventual future uses of XENMEM_maximum_gpfn and
XENMEM_{current,maximum}_reservation).

And then, using u64 rather than unsigned long for max_mfn would
still cause problems for 32-bit kernels on systems with memory
extending beyond the 8Tb boundary (since the long -> u64
conversion really goes long -> s64 -> u64).

Jan