From: Avi Weiss <thnkslprpt@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@google.com>,
Arjun Roy <arjunroy@google.com>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Avi Weiss <thnkslprpt@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] mm/memory.c: rename walk_to_pmd() to populate_to_pmd()
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 17:42:17 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1d3d22df3b43080855d4728095f9ebaddfd7bf88.1785847364.git.thnkslprpt@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1785847364.git.thnkslprpt@gmail.com>
This helper allocates any missing page-table levels (it doesn't just
'walk'. Rename for clarity.
Signed-off-by: Avi Weiss <thnkslprpt@gmail.com>
---
mm/memory.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index ff338c2abe92..8658feba8be9 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2268,7 +2268,7 @@ void zap_special_vma_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zap_special_vma_range);
-static pmd_t *walk_to_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
+static pmd_t *populate_to_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
{
pgd_t *pgd;
p4d_t *p4d;
@@ -2293,7 +2293,7 @@ static pmd_t *walk_to_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
pte_t *get_locked_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
spinlock_t **ptl)
{
- pmd_t *pmd = walk_to_pmd(mm, addr);
+ pmd_t *pmd = populate_to_pmd(mm, addr);
if (!pmd)
return NULL;
@@ -2437,7 +2437,7 @@ static int insert_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
int ret;
more:
ret = -EFAULT;
- pmd = walk_to_pmd(mm, addr);
+ pmd = populate_to_pmd(mm, addr);
if (!pmd)
goto out;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-05 14:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-05 14:42 [PATCH v2 0/3] mm: improve insert_pages() error handling Avi Weiss
2026-08-05 14:42 ` Avi Weiss [this message]
2026-08-25 10:39 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] mm/memory.c: rename walk_to_pmd() to populate_to_pmd() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-05 14:42 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] mm/memory.c: simplify error handling in insert_pages() Avi Weiss
2026-08-25 10:38 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-05 14:42 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] mm: return -ENOMEM for page-table allocation failure " Avi Weiss
2026-08-25 10:40 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-25 12:52 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
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