Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm64: mm: make linear mapping permission update more robust for patial range

[Yang Shi <yang@os.amperecomputing.com>]

On 10/14/25 1:05 AM, Ryan Roberts wrote:
> On 14/10/2025 00:27, Yang Shi wrote:
>> The commit fcf8dda8cc48 ("arm64: pageattr: Explicitly bail out when changing
>> permissions for vmalloc_huge mappings") made permission update for
>> partial range more robust. But the linear mapping permission update
>> still assumes update the whole range by iterating from the first page
>> all the way to the last page of the area.
>>
>> Make it more robust by updating the linear mapping permission from the
>> page mapped by start address, and update the number of numpages.
>>
>> Fixes: fcf8dda8cc48 ("arm64: pageattr: Explicitly bail out when changing permissions for vmalloc_huge mappings")
> I don't think this is the correct commit. I think this theoretical issue was
> present before that. But it is only theoretical AFAIK? In which case, I'd be
> inclined to just drop the tag.

OK, I will drop the tag.

>
> Otherwise, LGTM:
>
> Reviewed-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>

Thank you.

Yang

>
>> Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang@os.amperecomputing.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c | 6 +++---
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
>> index 5135f2d66958..c21a2c319028 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
>> @@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ static int change_memory_common(unsigned long addr, int numpages,
>>   	unsigned long size = PAGE_SIZE * numpages;
>>   	unsigned long end = start + size;
>>   	struct vm_struct *area;
>> -	int i;
>>   
>>   	if (!PAGE_ALIGNED(addr)) {
>>   		start &= PAGE_MASK;
>> @@ -184,8 +183,9 @@ static int change_memory_common(unsigned long addr, int numpages,
>>   	 */
>>   	if (rodata_full && (pgprot_val(set_mask) == PTE_RDONLY ||
>>   			    pgprot_val(clear_mask) == PTE_RDONLY)) {
>> -		for (i = 0; i < area->nr_pages; i++) {
>> -			__change_memory_common((u64)page_address(area->pages[i]),
>> +		unsigned long idx = (start - (unsigned long)area->addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>> +		for (int i = 0; i < numpages; i++) {
>> +			__change_memory_common((u64)page_address(area->pages[idx++]),
>>   					       PAGE_SIZE, set_mask, clear_mask);
>>   		}
>>   	}