diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S index 53eeb226657c..7e429c99c728 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S @@ -62,9 +62,16 @@ #define PAGE_TABLE_SIZE(pages) ((pages) / PTRS_PER_PGD) #endif -/* Number of possible pages in the lowmem region */ -LOWMEM_PAGES = (((1<<32) - __PAGE_OFFSET) >> PAGE_SHIFT) - +/* + * Number of possible pages in the lowmem region. + * + * We shift 2 by 31 instead of 1 by 32 to the left in order to avoid a + * gas warning about overflowing shift count when gas has been compiled + * with only a host target support using a 32-bit type for internal + * representation. + */ +LOWMEM_PAGES = (((2<<31) - __PAGE_OFFSET) >> PAGE_SHIFT) + /* Enough space to fit pagetables for the low memory linear map */ MAPPING_BEYOND_END = PAGE_TABLE_SIZE(LOWMEM_PAGES) << PAGE_SHIFT |