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swap: warn when a swap area overflows the maximum size
authorRaymond Jennings <shentino@gmail.com>
Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:20:16 +0000 (14:20 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:57:00 +0000 (15:57 -0700)
commitd6bbbd29b1de2da807753be8a3a992a72aef42de
tree99239085e01c45bbf54f0d42f921ce54c1e15747
parentec9bed9d385fd094b20fa0809c50741710afdc74
swap: warn when a swap area overflows the maximum size

It is possible to swapon a swap area that is too big for the pte width
to handle.

Presently this failure happens silently.

Instead, emit a diagnostic to warn the user.

Testing results, root prompt commands and kernel log messages:

# lvresize /dev/system/swap --size 16G
# mkswap /dev/system/swap
# swapon /dev/system/swap

Jul  7 04:27:22 warfang kernel: Adding 16777212k swap
on /dev/mapper/system-swap.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:16777212k

# lvresize /dev/system/swap --size 64G
# mkswap /dev/system/swap
# swapon /dev/system/swap

Jul  7 04:27:22 warfang kernel: Truncating oversized swap area, only
using 33554432k out of 67108860k
Jul  7 04:27:22 warfang kernel: Adding 33554428k swap
on /dev/mapper/system-swap.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:33554428k

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix warning]
Signed-off-by: Raymond Jennings <shentino@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/swapfile.c