[PATCH 2/4] arm64: Avoid double evaluation of __ptep_get()

From: Ard Biesheuvel

Date: Wed Jun 03 2026 - 12:20:27 EST


From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>

Sashiko warns that the new pte_valid_noncont() macro is used in a manner
where the argument (which performs a READ_ONCE() of the descriptor) is
evaluated twice.

Drop the macro that we just added, and move the check into the newly
added users.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 4 ----
arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 14 ++++++++++----
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 491ba0a6492d..c9e4e00a9af2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -181,10 +181,6 @@ static inline pteval_t __phys_to_pte_val(phys_addr_t phys)
* Returns true if the pte is valid and has the contiguous bit set.
*/
#define pte_valid_cont(pte) (pte_valid(pte) && pte_cont(pte))
-/*
- * Returns true if the pte is valid and has the contiguous bit cleared.
- */
-#define pte_valid_noncont(pte) (pte_valid(pte) && !pte_cont(pte))
/*
* Could the pte be present in the TLB? We must check mm_tlb_flush_pending
* so that we don't erroneously return false for pages that have been
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index be51f6cac86f..d68e691c093a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -186,9 +186,12 @@ static void init_pte(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,

static bool pte_range_has_valid_noncont(pte_t *ptep)
{
- for (int i = 0; i < CONT_PTES; i++)
- if (pte_valid_noncont(__ptep_get(&ptep[i])))
+ for (int i = 0; i < CONT_PTES; i++) {
+ pte_t pte = __ptep_get(&ptep[i]);
+
+ if (pte_valid(pte) && !pte_cont(pte))
return true;
+ }
return false;
}

@@ -291,9 +294,12 @@ static int init_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,

static bool pmd_range_has_valid_noncont(pmd_t *pmdp)
{
- for (int i = 0; i < CONT_PMDS; i++)
- if (pte_valid_noncont(pmd_pte(READ_ONCE(pmdp[i]))))
+ for (int i = 0; i < CONT_PMDS; i++) {
+ pte_t pte = pmd_pte(READ_ONCE(pmdp[i]));
+
+ if (pte_valid(pte) && !pte_cont(pte))
return true;
+ }
return false;
}

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