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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: negative left shift count when PAGE_SHIFT > 20
On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:56:12 +0800 Jerry <uulinux@gmail.com> wrote:

> When PAGE_SHIFT > 20, the result of "20 - PAGE_SHIFT" is negative. The
> calculating here will generate an unexpected result. In addition, if
> PAGE_SHIFT > 20, The memory size represented by numentries was already
> integral multiple of 1MB.
>

If you tell me that you have a machine which has PAGE_SIZE=2MB and this
was the only problem which prevented Linux from running on that machine
then I'll apply the patch ;)



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