Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
The documentation incorrectly calculate the pfn value as 0x3fffff,
which should be 0x3ffff instead.It is obtained by right-shifting
0xffffc000 by 14 bits.
This patch corrects the value to prevent any potential confusion
for developers referencing this document.
Signed-off-by: Pengyu Zhang <zpenya1314@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst b/Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst
index be47b192a596..e7c69cc32493 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ address.
With a page granularity of 4KB and a address range of 32 bits, pfn 0 is at
address 0x00000000, pfn 1 is at address 0x00001000, pfn 2 is at 0x00002000
and so on until we reach pfn 0xfffff at 0xfffff000. With 16KB pages pfs are
-at 0x00004000, 0x00008000 ... 0xffffc000 and pfn goes from 0 to 0x3fffff.
+at 0x00004000, 0x00008000 ... 0xffffc000 and pfn goes from 0 to 0x3ffff.
As you can see, with 4KB pages the page base address uses bits 12-31 of the
address, and this is why `PAGE_SHIFT` in this case is defined as 12 and
--
2.25.1
s/mistakes/mistake/ in the Subject line.
On 2024/10/9 00:10, Pengyu Zhang wrote:
> The documentation incorrectly calculate the pfn value as 0x3fffff,
> which should be 0x3ffff instead.It is obtained by right-shifting
^
Add a space.
> 0xffffc000 by 14 bits.
>
> This patch corrects the value to prevent any potential confusion
> for developers referencing this document.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pengyu Zhang <zpenya1314@gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst b/Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst
> index be47b192a596..e7c69cc32493 100644
> --- a/Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ address.
> With a page granularity of 4KB and a address range of 32 bits, pfn 0 is at
> address 0x00000000, pfn 1 is at address 0x00001000, pfn 2 is at 0x00002000
> and so on until we reach pfn 0xfffff at 0xfffff000. With 16KB pages pfs are
> -at 0x00004000, 0x00008000 ... 0xffffc000 and pfn goes from 0 to 0x3fffff.
> +at 0x00004000, 0x00008000 ... 0xffffc000 and pfn goes from 0 to 0x3ffff.
>
> As you can see, with 4KB pages the page base address uses bits 12-31 of the
> address, and this is why `PAGE_SHIFT` in this case is defined as 12 and
Reviewed-by: Zenghui Yu <zenghui.yu@linux.dev>
On Wed, Oct 09, 2024 at 12:10:50AM +0800, Pengyu Zhang wrote: > The documentation incorrectly calculate the pfn value as 0x3fffff, > which should be 0x3ffff instead.It is obtained by right-shifting > 0xffffc000 by 14 bits. > > This patch corrects the value to prevent any potential confusion > for developers referencing this document. > > Signed-off-by: Pengyu Zhang <zpenya1314@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org> > --- > Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst b/Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst > index be47b192a596..e7c69cc32493 100644 > --- a/Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst > +++ b/Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst > @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ address. > With a page granularity of 4KB and a address range of 32 bits, pfn 0 is at > address 0x00000000, pfn 1 is at address 0x00001000, pfn 2 is at 0x00002000 > and so on until we reach pfn 0xfffff at 0xfffff000. With 16KB pages pfs are > -at 0x00004000, 0x00008000 ... 0xffffc000 and pfn goes from 0 to 0x3fffff. > +at 0x00004000, 0x00008000 ... 0xffffc000 and pfn goes from 0 to 0x3ffff. > > As you can see, with 4KB pages the page base address uses bits 12-31 of the > address, and this is why `PAGE_SHIFT` in this case is defined as 12 and > -- > 2.25.1 > -- Sincerely yours, Mike.
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