Re: [PATCH v1 02/16] mm/memory: remove "zap_details" parameter from zap_page_range_single()

From: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)

Date: Fri Mar 06 2026 - 07:08:22 EST


On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 09:08:33PM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> Nobody except memory.c should really set that parameter to non-NULL. So
> let's just drop it and make unmap_mapping_range_vma() use
> zap_page_range_single_batched() instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

This is nice, good cleanup.

Assuming rust side is all sorted (seems it from thread)... LGTM, so:

Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> arch/s390/mm/gmap_helpers.c | 2 +-
> drivers/android/binder_alloc.c | 2 +-
> include/linux/mm.h | 5 ++---
> kernel/bpf/arena.c | 3 +--
> kernel/events/core.c | 2 +-
> mm/madvise.c | 3 +--
> mm/memory.c | 16 ++++++++++------
> net/ipv4/tcp.c | 5 ++---
> rust/kernel/mm/virt.rs | 2 +-
> 9 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/gmap_helpers.c b/arch/s390/mm/gmap_helpers.c
> index dea83e3103e5..ae2d59a19313 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/mm/gmap_helpers.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/mm/gmap_helpers.c
> @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ void gmap_helper_discard(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vmaddr, unsigned lo
> if (!vma)
> return;
> if (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
> - zap_page_range_single(vma, vmaddr, min(end, vma->vm_end) - vmaddr, NULL);
> + zap_page_range_single(vma, vmaddr, min(end, vma->vm_end) - vmaddr);
> vmaddr = vma->vm_end;
> }
> }
> diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
> index 241f16a9b63d..dd2046bd5cde 100644
> --- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
> +++ b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
> @@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ enum lru_status binder_alloc_free_page(struct list_head *item,
> if (vma) {
> trace_binder_unmap_user_start(alloc, index);
>
> - zap_page_range_single(vma, page_addr, PAGE_SIZE, NULL);
> + zap_page_range_single(vma, page_addr, PAGE_SIZE);
>
> trace_binder_unmap_user_end(alloc, index);
> }
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index ecff8268089b..a8138ff7d1fa 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -2835,11 +2835,10 @@ struct page *vm_normal_page_pud(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> void zap_vma_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
> unsigned long size);
> void zap_page_range_single(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
> - unsigned long size, struct zap_details *details);
> + unsigned long size);
> static inline void zap_vma_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> {
> - zap_page_range_single(vma, vma->vm_start,
> - vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start, NULL);
> + zap_page_range_single(vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start);
> }
> struct mmu_notifier_range;
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/arena.c b/kernel/bpf/arena.c
> index 144f30e740e8..c34510d83b1f 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/arena.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/arena.c
> @@ -656,8 +656,7 @@ static void zap_pages(struct bpf_arena *arena, long uaddr, long page_cnt)
> guard(mutex)(&arena->lock);
> /* iterate link list under lock */
> list_for_each_entry(vml, &arena->vma_list, head)
> - zap_page_range_single(vml->vma, uaddr,
> - PAGE_SIZE * page_cnt, NULL);
> + zap_page_range_single(vml->vma, uaddr, PAGE_SIZE * page_cnt);
> }
>
> static void arena_free_pages(struct bpf_arena *arena, long uaddr, long page_cnt, bool sleepable)
> diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> index ac70d68217b6..c94c56c94104 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> @@ -7215,7 +7215,7 @@ static int map_range(struct perf_buffer *rb, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> /* Clear any partial mappings on error. */
> if (err)
> - zap_page_range_single(vma, vma->vm_start, nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE, NULL);
> + zap_page_range_single(vma, vma->vm_start, nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE);
> #endif
>
> return err;
> diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
> index efc04334a000..557a360f7919 100644
> --- a/mm/madvise.c
> +++ b/mm/madvise.c
> @@ -1193,8 +1193,7 @@ static long madvise_guard_install(struct madvise_behavior *madv_behavior)
> * OK some of the range have non-guard pages mapped, zap
> * them. This leaves existing guard pages in place.
> */
> - zap_page_range_single(vma, range->start,
> - range->end - range->start, NULL);
> + zap_page_range_single(vma, range->start, range->end - range->start);
> }
>
> /*
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 9385842c3503..19f5f9a60995 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -2203,17 +2203,16 @@ void zap_page_range_single_batched(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
> * @vma: vm_area_struct holding the applicable pages
> * @address: starting address of pages to zap
> * @size: number of bytes to zap
> - * @details: details of shared cache invalidation
> *
> * The range must fit into one VMA.
> */
> void zap_page_range_single(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
> - unsigned long size, struct zap_details *details)
> + unsigned long size)
> {
> struct mmu_gather tlb;
>
> tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, vma->vm_mm);
> - zap_page_range_single_batched(&tlb, vma, address, size, details);
> + zap_page_range_single_batched(&tlb, vma, address, size, NULL);
> tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb);
> }
>
> @@ -2235,7 +2234,7 @@ void zap_vma_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
> !(vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP))
> return;
>
> - zap_page_range_single(vma, address, size, NULL);
> + zap_page_range_single(vma, address, size);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zap_vma_ptes);
>
> @@ -3003,7 +3002,7 @@ static int remap_pfn_range_notrack(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long add
> * maintain page reference counts, and callers may free
> * pages due to the error. So zap it early.
> */
> - zap_page_range_single(vma, addr, size, NULL);
> + zap_page_range_single(vma, addr, size);
> return error;
> }
>
> @@ -4226,7 +4225,12 @@ static void unmap_mapping_range_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> unsigned long start_addr, unsigned long end_addr,
> struct zap_details *details)
> {
> - zap_page_range_single(vma, start_addr, end_addr - start_addr, details);
> + struct mmu_gather tlb;
> +
> + tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, vma->vm_mm);
> + zap_page_range_single_batched(&tlb, vma, start_addr,
> + end_addr - start_addr, details);
> + tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb);
> }
>
> static inline void unmap_mapping_range_tree(struct rb_root_cached *root,
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
> index f84d9a45cc9d..befcde27dee7 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
> @@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ static int tcp_zerocopy_vm_insert_batch_error(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> maybe_zap_len = total_bytes_to_map - /* All bytes to map */
> *length + /* Mapped or pending */
> (pages_remaining * PAGE_SIZE); /* Failed map. */
> - zap_page_range_single(vma, *address, maybe_zap_len, NULL);
> + zap_page_range_single(vma, *address, maybe_zap_len);
> err = 0;
> }
>
> @@ -2269,8 +2269,7 @@ static int tcp_zerocopy_receive(struct sock *sk,
> total_bytes_to_map = avail_len & ~(PAGE_SIZE - 1);
> if (total_bytes_to_map) {
> if (!(zc->flags & TCP_RECEIVE_ZEROCOPY_FLAG_TLB_CLEAN_HINT))
> - zap_page_range_single(vma, address, total_bytes_to_map,
> - NULL);
> + zap_page_range_single(vma, address, total_bytes_to_map);
> zc->length = total_bytes_to_map;
> zc->recv_skip_hint = 0;
> } else {
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/mm/virt.rs b/rust/kernel/mm/virt.rs
> index da21d65ccd20..b8e59e4420f3 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/mm/virt.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/mm/virt.rs
> @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ pub fn zap_page_range_single(&self, address: usize, size: usize) {
> // sufficient for this method call. This method has no requirements on the vma flags. The
> // address range is checked to be within the vma.
> unsafe {
> - bindings::zap_page_range_single(self.as_ptr(), address, size, core::ptr::null_mut())
> + bindings::zap_page_range_single(self.as_ptr(), address, size)
> };
> }
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>