From d6bbbd29b1de2da807753be8a3a992a72aef42de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Jennings Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:20:16 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Acked-by: Valdis Kletnieks Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel Cc: Hugh Dickins Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Reading git-format-patch failed