2021-08-06 17:27:44

by Zhansaya Bagdauletkyzy

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Subject: [PATCH v3] mm: KSM: fix data type

ksm_stable_node_chains_prune_millisecs is declared as int, but in
stable__node_chains_prune_millisecs_store(), it can store values up to
UINT_MAX. Change its type to unsigned int.

Signed-off-by: Zhansaya Bagdauletkyzy <[email protected]>
---
v2 -> v3:
As suggested by Hugh Dickins,
- discard changes to ksm_run

v1 -> v2:
- merge two patches into one

v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210716055800.GA255851@asus
v1: https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/7/15/866

mm/ksm.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 3fa9bc8a67cf..025338128cd9 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static unsigned long ksm_stable_node_chains;
static unsigned long ksm_stable_node_dups;

/* Delay in pruning stale stable_node_dups in the stable_node_chains */
-static int ksm_stable_node_chains_prune_millisecs = 2000;
+static unsigned int ksm_stable_node_chains_prune_millisecs = 2000;

/* Maximum number of page slots sharing a stable node */
static int ksm_max_page_sharing = 256;
@@ -3105,11 +3105,11 @@ stable_node_chains_prune_millisecs_store(struct kobject *kobj,
struct kobj_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
- unsigned long msecs;
+ unsigned int msecs;
int err;

- err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &msecs);
- if (err || msecs > UINT_MAX)
+ err = kstrtouint(buf, 10, &msecs);
+ if (err)
return -EINVAL;

ksm_stable_node_chains_prune_millisecs = msecs;
--
2.25.1