[PATCH mm-unstable RFC v4 2/7] arm64/mm: use PTE-level pgprot for huge PFN helpers
From: Yin Tirui
Date: Tue May 26 2026 - 11:09:27 EST
Make the arm64 PMD/PUD PFN helpers use PTE-level pgprot_t as the basic
format.
pfn_pmd() and pfn_pud() now translate PTE-level attributes into block
entries. pmd_pgprot() and pud_pgprot() translate block descriptor
attributes back into PTE-level attributes.
Remove mk_pmd_sect_prot() and mk_pud_sect_prot().
Signed-off-by: Yin Tirui <yintirui@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 4 +--
2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 4dfa42b7d053..c3ee12e14f86 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -511,16 +511,6 @@ static inline pmd_t pte_pmd(pte_t pte)
return __pmd(pte_val(pte));
}
-static inline pgprot_t mk_pud_sect_prot(pgprot_t prot)
-{
- return __pgprot((pgprot_val(prot) & ~PUD_TYPE_MASK) | PUD_TYPE_SECT);
-}
-
-static inline pgprot_t mk_pmd_sect_prot(pgprot_t prot)
-{
- return __pgprot((pgprot_val(prot) & ~PMD_TYPE_MASK) | PMD_TYPE_SECT);
-}
-
static inline pte_t pte_swp_mkexclusive(pte_t pte)
{
return set_pte_bit(pte, __pgprot(PTE_SWP_EXCLUSIVE));
@@ -628,7 +618,13 @@ static inline pmd_t pmd_mkspecial(pmd_t pmd)
#define __pmd_to_phys(pmd) __pte_to_phys(pmd_pte(pmd))
#define __phys_to_pmd_val(phys) __phys_to_pte_val(phys)
#define pmd_pfn(pmd) ((__pmd_to_phys(pmd) & PMD_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
-#define pfn_pmd(pfn,prot) __pmd(__phys_to_pmd_val((phys_addr_t)(pfn) << PAGE_SHIFT) | pgprot_val(prot))
+static inline pmd_t pfn_pmd(unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t prot)
+{
+ pmd_t pmd = __pmd(__phys_to_pmd_val((phys_addr_t)pfn << PAGE_SHIFT) |
+ pgprot_val(prot));
+
+ return pmd_mkhuge(pmd);
+}
#define pud_young(pud) pte_young(pud_pte(pud))
#define pud_mkyoung(pud) pte_pud(pte_mkyoung(pud_pte(pud)))
@@ -652,22 +648,46 @@ static inline pud_t pud_mkhuge(pud_t pud)
#define __pud_to_phys(pud) __pte_to_phys(pud_pte(pud))
#define __phys_to_pud_val(phys) __phys_to_pte_val(phys)
#define pud_pfn(pud) ((__pud_to_phys(pud) & PUD_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
-#define pfn_pud(pfn,prot) __pud(__phys_to_pud_val((phys_addr_t)(pfn) << PAGE_SHIFT) | pgprot_val(prot))
+static inline pud_t pfn_pud(unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t prot)
+{
+ pud_t pud = __pud(__phys_to_pud_val((phys_addr_t)pfn << PAGE_SHIFT) |
+ pgprot_val(prot));
+
+ return pud_mkhuge(pud);
+}
#define pmd_pgprot pmd_pgprot
static inline pgprot_t pmd_pgprot(pmd_t pmd)
{
unsigned long pfn = pmd_pfn(pmd);
+ pmdval_t protval = pmd_val(pmd) ^
+ __phys_to_pmd_val((phys_addr_t)pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
+
+ /*
+ * pgprot_t represents PTE-level attributes. Convert the PMD
+ * block descriptor type into a PTE page descriptor type.
+ */
+ pmdval_t mask = PMD_TYPE_MASK & ~PTE_VALID;
+ pmdval_t val = PTE_TYPE_PAGE & ~PTE_VALID;
- return __pgprot(pmd_val(pfn_pmd(pfn, __pgprot(0))) ^ pmd_val(pmd));
+ return __pgprot((protval & ~mask) | val);
}
#define pud_pgprot pud_pgprot
static inline pgprot_t pud_pgprot(pud_t pud)
{
unsigned long pfn = pud_pfn(pud);
+ pudval_t protval = pud_val(pud) ^
+ __phys_to_pud_val((phys_addr_t)pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
+
+ /*
+ * pgprot_t represents PTE-level attributes. Convert the PUD
+ * block descriptor type into a PTE page descriptor type.
+ */
+ pudval_t mask = PUD_TYPE_MASK & ~PTE_VALID;
+ pudval_t val = PTE_TYPE_PAGE & ~PTE_VALID;
- return __pgprot(pud_val(pfn_pud(pfn, __pgprot(0))) ^ pud_val(pud));
+ return __pgprot((protval & ~mask) | val);
}
static inline void __set_ptes_anysz(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index e5a42b7a0160..2dd99d595f19 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@ void vmemmap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
int pud_set_huge(pud_t *pudp, phys_addr_t phys, pgprot_t prot)
{
- pud_t new_pud = pfn_pud(__phys_to_pfn(phys), mk_pud_sect_prot(prot));
+ pud_t new_pud = pfn_pud(__phys_to_pfn(phys), prot);
/* Only allow permission changes for now */
if (!pgattr_change_is_safe(READ_ONCE(pud_val(*pudp)),
@@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@ int pud_set_huge(pud_t *pudp, phys_addr_t phys, pgprot_t prot)
int pmd_set_huge(pmd_t *pmdp, phys_addr_t phys, pgprot_t prot)
{
- pmd_t new_pmd = pfn_pmd(__phys_to_pfn(phys), mk_pmd_sect_prot(prot));
+ pmd_t new_pmd = pfn_pmd(__phys_to_pfn(phys), prot);
/* Only allow permission changes for now */
if (!pgattr_change_is_safe(READ_ONCE(pmd_val(*pmdp)),
--
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