Re: [PATCH] mkswap: use 64k pages in file-existing test

On Thu, Jun 04, 2026 at 02:20:56PM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> Some systems run with kernels using page sizes other than 4K. The
> file-existing test used a file of 10 pages at 4K. This would fail on
> kernels with higher page sizes (here 16K) like this:
> 
>   mkswap: error: swap area needs to be at least 160 KiB
> 
> Use 10 * 64K pages, hopefully allowing all kernels with 4K, 16K, 64K
> pages to pass the tests.
> 
> Noticed on Debian loong64 kernel 7.0.9+deb14-loong64, and on sparc64 and
> alpha.
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.debian.org/1138789

It was already fixed by commit c5da6dcfe, which explicitly forces the
page size to 4096 rather than extending the file size.

    Karel

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