[PATCH] Fix swp_entry_t encoding
From: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> This fixes a problem in sys_swapon that can cause the creation of invalid swap ptes. This has its cause in the arch-independent swap entries vs. the pte coded swap entries. The swp_entry_t uses 27 bits for the offset and 5 bits for the type. In sys_swapon this definition is used to find how many swap devices and how many pages on each device there can be. But the swap entries encoded in a pte can be subject to additional restrictions due to the hardware besides the 27/5 division of the bits in the swp_entry_t type. This is solved by adding pte_to_swp_entry and swp_entry_to_pte calls to the calculations for maximum type and offset. In addition the s390 swap pte division for offset/type is changed from 19/6 bits to 20/5 bits.
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