[SRU][N:gke][PATCH 022/106] arm64/mm: convert READ_ONCE(*ptep) to ptep_get(ptep)

Tim Whisonant tim.whisonant at canonical.com
Mon Jul 21 16:21:05 UTC 2025


From: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts at arm.com>

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2059316
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2117098

There are a number of places in the arch code that read a pte by using the
READ_ONCE() macro.  Refactor these call sites to instead use the
ptep_get() helper, which itself is a READ_ONCE().  Generated code should
be the same.

This will benefit us when we shortly introduce the transparent contpte
support.  In this case, ptep_get() will become more complex so we now have
all the code abstracted through it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240215103205.2607016-8-ryan.roberts@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts at arm.com>
Tested-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard at nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple at nvidia.com>
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a at gmail.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
Cc: Barry Song <21cnbao at gmail.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp at alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen at linux.intel.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david at redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo at redhat.com>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
Cc: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang at huawei.com>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy at infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
Cc: Yang Shi <shy828301 at gmail.com>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy at nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
(cherry picked from commit 532736558e8ef2865eae1d84b52dda4422cac810)
Signed-off-by: dann frazier <dann.frazier at canonical.com>
Acked-by: Brad Figg <bfigg at nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Noah Wager <noah.wager at canonical.com>
Acked-by: Jacob Martin <jacob.martin at canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Brad Figg <bfigg at nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tim Whisonant <tim.whisonant at canonical.com>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 12 +++++++++---
 arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c          |  2 +-
 arch/arm64/mm/fault.c            |  4 ++--
 arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c      |  6 +++---
 arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c       |  2 +-
 arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c              | 12 ++++++------
 arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c         |  4 ++--
 arch/arm64/mm/trans_pgd.c        |  2 +-
 8 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index b6d3e9e0a9462..de034ca40bad1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -275,6 +275,12 @@ static inline void set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
 	}
 }
 
+#define ptep_get ptep_get
+static inline pte_t ptep_get(pte_t *ptep)
+{
+	return READ_ONCE(*ptep);
+}
+
 extern void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval);
 bool pgattr_change_is_safe(u64 old, u64 new);
 
@@ -302,7 +308,7 @@ static inline void __check_safe_pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *ptep,
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_VM))
 		return;
 
-	old_pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
+	old_pte = ptep_get(ptep);
 
 	if (!pte_valid(old_pte) || !pte_valid(pte))
 		return;
@@ -904,7 +910,7 @@ static inline int __ptep_test_and_clear_young(pte_t *ptep)
 {
 	pte_t old_pte, pte;
 
-	pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
+	pte = ptep_get(ptep);
 	do {
 		old_pte = pte;
 		pte = pte_mkold(pte);
@@ -986,7 +992,7 @@ static inline void ptep_set_wrprotect(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addres
 {
 	pte_t old_pte, pte;
 
-	pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
+	pte = ptep_get(ptep);
 	do {
 		old_pte = pte;
 		pte = pte_wrprotect(pte);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
index 0228001347bea..d0e08e93b2464 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static int __init set_permissions(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr, void *data)
 {
 	struct set_perm_data *spd = data;
 	const efi_memory_desc_t *md = spd->md;
-	pte_t pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
+	pte_t pte = ptep_get(ptep);
 
 	if (md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_RO)
 		pte = set_pte_bit(pte, __pgprot(PTE_RDONLY));
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index 55f6455a82843..a254761fa1bd4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static void show_pte(unsigned long addr)
 		if (!ptep)
 			break;
 
-		pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
+		pte = ptep_get(ptep);
 		pr_cont(", pte=%016llx", pte_val(pte));
 		pte_unmap(ptep);
 	} while(0);
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ int ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			  pte_t entry, int dirty)
 {
 	pteval_t old_pteval, pteval;
-	pte_t pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
+	pte_t pte = ptep_get(ptep);
 
 	if (pte_same(pte, entry))
 		return 0;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 9fce4dbcc917c..5b007b2229262 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ void huge_ptep_set_wrprotect(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	size_t pgsize;
 	pte_t pte;
 
-	if (!pte_cont(READ_ONCE(*ptep))) {
+	if (!pte_cont(ptep_get(ptep))) {
 		ptep_set_wrprotect(mm, addr, ptep);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ pte_t huge_ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	size_t pgsize;
 	int ncontig;
 
-	if (!pte_cont(READ_ONCE(*ptep)))
+	if (!pte_cont(ptep_get(ptep)))
 		return ptep_clear_flush(vma, addr, ptep);
 
 	ncontig = find_num_contig(mm, addr, ptep, &pgsize);
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ pte_t huge_ptep_modify_prot_start(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr
 		 * when the permission changes from executable to non-executable
 		 * in cases where cpu is affected with errata #2645198.
 		 */
-		if (pte_user_exec(READ_ONCE(*ptep)))
+		if (pte_user_exec(ptep_get(ptep)))
 			return huge_ptep_clear_flush(vma, addr, ptep);
 	}
 	return huge_ptep_get_and_clear(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c
index 4c7ad574b946b..c2a9f4f6c7dd0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void __init kasan_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr,
 			memset(__va(page_phys), KASAN_SHADOW_INIT, PAGE_SIZE);
 		next = addr + PAGE_SIZE;
 		set_pte(ptep, pfn_pte(__phys_to_pfn(page_phys), PAGE_KERNEL));
-	} while (ptep++, addr = next, addr != end && pte_none(READ_ONCE(*ptep)));
+	} while (ptep++, addr = next, addr != end && pte_none(ptep_get(ptep)));
 }
 
 static void __init kasan_pmd_populate(pud_t *pudp, unsigned long addr,
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 1ac7467d34c9c..720fff5b35feb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static void init_pte(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 
 	ptep = pte_set_fixmap_offset(pmdp, addr);
 	do {
-		pte_t old_pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
+		pte_t old_pte = ptep_get(ptep);
 
 		set_pte(ptep, pfn_pte(__phys_to_pfn(phys), prot));
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static void init_pte(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 		 * only allow updates to the permission attributes.
 		 */
 		BUG_ON(!pgattr_change_is_safe(pte_val(old_pte),
-					      READ_ONCE(pte_val(*ptep))));
+					      pte_val(ptep_get(ptep))));
 
 		phys += PAGE_SIZE;
 	} while (ptep++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static void unmap_hotplug_pte_range(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr,
 
 	do {
 		ptep = pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, addr);
-		pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
+		pte = ptep_get(ptep);
 		if (pte_none(pte))
 			continue;
 
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ static void free_empty_pte_table(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr,
 
 	do {
 		ptep = pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, addr);
-		pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
+		pte = ptep_get(ptep);
 
 		/*
 		 * This is just a sanity check here which verifies that
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ static void free_empty_pte_table(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr,
 	 */
 	ptep = pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, 0UL);
 	for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++) {
-		if (!pte_none(READ_ONCE(ptep[i])))
+		if (!pte_none(ptep_get(&ptep[i])))
 			return;
 	}
 
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ pte_t ptep_modify_prot_start(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pte
 		 * when the permission changes from executable to non-executable
 		 * in cases where cpu is affected with errata #2645198.
 		 */
-		if (pte_user_exec(READ_ONCE(*ptep)))
+		if (pte_user_exec(ptep_get(ptep)))
 			return ptep_clear_flush(vma, addr, ptep);
 	}
 	return ptep_get_and_clear(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
index 0a62f458c5cb0..e0e35bd942222 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ bool can_set_direct_map(void)
 static int change_page_range(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr, void *data)
 {
 	struct page_change_data *cdata = data;
-	pte_t pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
+	pte_t pte = ptep_get(ptep);
 
 	pte = clear_pte_bit(pte, cdata->clear_mask);
 	pte = set_pte_bit(pte, cdata->set_mask);
@@ -242,5 +242,5 @@ bool kernel_page_present(struct page *page)
 		return true;
 
 	ptep = pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, addr);
-	return pte_valid(READ_ONCE(*ptep));
+	return pte_valid(ptep_get(ptep));
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/trans_pgd.c b/arch/arm64/mm/trans_pgd.c
index 75547a3b497ea..806601cf64fc2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/trans_pgd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/trans_pgd.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static void *trans_alloc(struct trans_pgd_info *info)
 
 static void _copy_pte(pte_t *dst_ptep, pte_t *src_ptep, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	pte_t pte = READ_ONCE(*src_ptep);
+	pte_t pte = ptep_get(src_ptep);
 
 	if (pte_valid(pte)) {
 		/*
-- 
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