From: Eliav Farber <farbere@amazon.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.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>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>, <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Eliav Farber <farbere@amazon.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] mm: add vmf_insert_pfn_order() and vmf_pfn_order_ok() helpers
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:30:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111113045.35368-3-farbere@amazon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111113045.35368-1-farbere@amazon.com>
->fault/->huge_fault handlers of VM_PFNMAP mappings that want huge PFN
mappings open-code the same steps: check that the order-aligned fault
window lies within the VMA and that the pfn is aligned to the order,
then call vmf_insert_pfn(), vmf_insert_pfn_pmd() or vmf_insert_pfn_pud()
depending on the order, guarded by
CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_{PMD,PUD}_PFNMAP, and fall back to a smaller order
otherwise. vfio-pci has its own is_aligned_for_order() and
vfio_pci_vmf_insert_pfn() for this.
Add vmf_pfn_order_ok() for the window and alignment check, and
vmf_insert_pfn_order() for the order dispatch. The latter also checks
pfn_modify_allowed() for huge orders: the order-0 vmf_insert_pfn() does
this, but vmf_insert_pfn_pmd() and vmf_insert_pfn_pud() do not. The two
are separate so that a driver can apply its own policy (access checks,
device locking) between them.
vmf_insert_pfn_order() passes the fault's write flag to
vmf_insert_pfn_pmd() and vmf_insert_pfn_pud(), as the DAX and DRM
->huge_fault handlers do. With write=false, insert_pmd() leaves a
read-only entry in place and returns VM_FAULT_NOPAGE, so a store to a
mapping that mm write-protected for tracking (soft-dirty, uffd-wp)
faults forever; wp_huge_pmd() splits the entry only when the handler
returns VM_FAULT_FALLBACK. Passing it marks the entry young, dirty and,
where the VMA allows, writable, as wp_page_reuse() does at PTE level.
The order-0 path needs nothing: wp_pfn_shared() resolves that fault.
The helper also declines the huge zero folio's pfn, which
vmf_insert_pfn_pmd() refuses with SIGBUS, so that the fault is retried
at PTE order where it maps.
They will be used by the /dev/mem and UIO huge_fault handlers added
later in this series.
Signed-off-by: Eliav Farber <farbere@amazon.com>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
mm/memory.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 77 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index c11bdee1596a..57437b317709 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -5010,6 +5010,34 @@ vm_fault_t vmf_insert_mixed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long pfn);
vm_fault_t vmf_insert_mixed_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long pfn);
+vm_fault_t vmf_insert_pfn_order(struct vm_fault *vmf, unsigned long pfn,
+ unsigned int order);
+
+/**
+ * vmf_pfn_order_ok - check that a pfn can be mapped at a given fault order
+ * @vmf: The fault being handled.
+ * @pfn: The pfn to map at the start of the order-aligned fault window.
+ * @order: The fault order (0 for a single page).
+ *
+ * For a huge (order > 0) fault, the order-aligned window around @vmf->address
+ * must lie within the VMA and @pfn must be aligned to @order. @pfn is only
+ * looked at once the window is known to lie within the VMA, so a caller may
+ * compute it before calling, even when the window starts below vm_start.
+ *
+ * Return: true if vmf_insert_pfn_order() may map @pfn at @order, false if the
+ * fault should fall back to a smaller order.
+ */
+static inline bool vmf_pfn_order_ok(const struct vm_fault *vmf,
+ unsigned long pfn, unsigned int order)
+{
+ const struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
+ unsigned long addr = vmf->address & ~((PAGE_SIZE << order) - 1);
+
+ return !order || (addr >= vma->vm_start &&
+ addr + (PAGE_SIZE << order) <= vma->vm_end &&
+ IS_ALIGNED(pfn, 1UL << order));
+}
+
int vm_iomap_memory(struct vm_area_struct *vma, phys_addr_t start, unsigned long len);
static inline vm_fault_t vmf_insert_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index ab29ec719ae1..0c583442e049 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3002,6 +3002,55 @@ vm_fault_t vmf_insert_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmf_insert_pfn);
+/**
+ * vmf_insert_pfn_order - insert a pfn mapping of a given fault order
+ * @vmf: The fault being handled.
+ * @pfn: The pfn to map at the start of the order-aligned fault window.
+ * @order: The fault order (0 for a single page).
+ *
+ * Helper for ->fault and ->huge_fault handlers of VM_PFNMAP mappings: maps @pfn
+ * with a PTE for order 0, or with a PMD/PUD for PMD_ORDER/PUD_ORDER where the
+ * architecture supports huge PFN mappings. The caller must have checked the
+ * window and the pfn alignment with vmf_pfn_order_ok().
+ *
+ * vma cannot be a COW mapping.
+ *
+ * Return: vm_fault_t value; %VM_FAULT_FALLBACK if @order cannot be mapped, so
+ * that the fault is retried at a smaller order.
+ */
+vm_fault_t vmf_insert_pfn_order(struct vm_fault *vmf, unsigned long pfn,
+ unsigned int order)
+{
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
+ bool write = vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
+
+ if (!order)
+ return vmf_insert_pfn(vma, vmf->address, pfn);
+
+ /*
+ * vmf_insert_pfn_pmd() refuses the huge zero folio's pfn with SIGBUS,
+ * while a PTE mapping of it is fine, so fall back to a smaller order.
+ */
+ if (is_huge_zero_pfn(pfn))
+ return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
+
+ /*
+ * vmf_insert_pfn_pmd()/_pud() don't call pfn_modify_allowed(), unlike
+ * the order-0 path, so check it explicitly for the L1TF mitigation.
+ */
+ if (!pfn_modify_allowed(pfn, vma->vm_page_prot))
+ return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_PMD_PFNMAP) && order == PMD_ORDER)
+ return vmf_insert_pfn_pmd(vmf, pfn, write);
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_PUD_PFNMAP) && order == PUD_ORDER)
+ return vmf_insert_pfn_pud(vmf, pfn, write);
+
+ return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vmf_insert_pfn_order);
+
static bool vm_mixed_ok(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long pfn,
bool mkwrite)
{
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-11 11:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-11 11:30 [PATCH 0/4] mm, uio: huge PFN mappings for /dev/mem and UIO Eliav Farber
2026-11-11 11:30 ` [PATCH 1/4] mm: add MMAP_PFN_TRACK action and pfn_range_track() for lazy PFN maps Eliav Farber
2026-11-11 11:30 ` Eliav Farber [this message]
2026-11-11 11:30 ` [PATCH 3/4] mm/char-mem: implement huge_fault support for /dev/mem Eliav Farber
2026-11-11 11:30 ` [PATCH 4/4] uio: implement huge_fault support for physical mappings Eliav Farber
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