From: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
To: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>,
Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>,
Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/6] alpha: add missing page_table_check_pte_clear() to ptep_get_and_clear()
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:24:04 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261007-alpha-hugepages-v2-1-8e108af2d961@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261007-alpha-hugepages-v2-0-8e108af2d961@gmail.com>
Alpha's CONFIG_COMPACTION-gated ptep_get_and_clear() overrides the
generic version in include/linux/pgtable.h but omits its
page_table_check_pte_clear() call. With CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK=y the
map count taken by set_ptes() is therefore never dropped when a PTE is
cleared through this path. zap_pte_range() clears PTEs this way, so the
first page freed after it hits the BUG_ON() in
__page_table_check_zero().
The call was instead placed in ptep_clear_flush() by commit dd5712f3379c
("alpha: fix user-space corruption during memory compaction"), where it
was harmless until alpha enabled page table check.
Add the missing call, and drop the now-duplicate one in
ptep_clear_flush(), which already goes through ptep_get_and_clear().
Fixes: e761b6fe4085 ("alpha: add ARCH_SUPPORTS_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK support")
Reviewed-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
---
arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 6ebdd90f3035..8a175e0c2b42 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ static inline pte_t ptep_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm,
pte_t pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
pte_clear(mm, address, ptep);
+ page_table_check_pte_clear(mm, address, pte);
return pte;
}
@@ -316,7 +317,6 @@ static inline pte_t ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
pte_t pte = ptep_get_and_clear(mm, addr, ptep);
- page_table_check_pte_clear(mm, addr, pte);
migrate_flush_tlb_page(vma, addr);
return pte;
}
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-08 3:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-08 3:24 [PATCH v2 0/6] alpha: hugetlb support using granularity hints Matt Turner
2026-10-08 3:24 ` Matt Turner [this message]
2026-10-08 3:24 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] alpha: handle VM_FAULT_HWPOISON in do_page_fault() Matt Turner
2026-10-08 3:24 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] alpha: describe the PTE read and write enable bits Matt Turner
2026-10-08 14:27 ` Magnus Lindholm
2026-10-08 3:24 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] alpha: define granularity hint PTE bits Matt Turner
2026-10-08 3:24 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] alpha: align hugetlb mappings in arch_get_unmapped_area() Matt Turner
2026-10-08 3:24 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] alpha: implement hugetlb support Matt Turner
2026-10-08 18:11 ` Magnus Lindholm
2026-10-08 19:07 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] alpha: hugetlb support using granularity hints Magnus Lindholm
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