[PATCH 08/22] powerpc: mm: use mm_is_kernel() for kernel mm checks

From: Kevin Brodsky

Date: Tue Jul 14 2026 - 10:13:02 EST


The new MMF_KERNEL flag identifies kernel-owned mm's. Checking the
flag with mm_is_kernel() is preferred over comparing directly
against &init_mm.

No functional change, as only init_mm has MMF_KERNEL set for now.

Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5.5
Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context.c | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 3a971e2a8c73..88acccc5b06e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
#ifndef MODULE
static inline gfp_t pgtable_gfp_flags(struct mm_struct *mm, gfp_t gfp)
{
- if (unlikely(mm == &init_mm))
+ if (unlikely(mm_is_kernel(mm)))
return gfp;
return gfp | __GFP_ACCOUNT;
}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c
index 85ab6723c8f2..eb365f7c8907 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static pmd_t *__alloc_for_pmdcache(struct mm_struct *mm)
struct ptdesc *ptdesc;
gfp_t gfp = GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_ZERO;

- if (mm == &init_mm)
+ if (mm_is_kernel(mm))
gfp &= ~__GFP_ACCOUNT;
ptdesc = pagetable_alloc(gfp, 0);
if (!ptdesc)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context.c
index 3e3af29b4523..b51934c511f3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void switch_mm_irqs_off(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,

/* Mark this context has been used on the new CPU */
if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(next))) {
- VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(next == &init_mm);
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(mm_is_kernel(next));
cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(next));
inc_mm_active_cpus(next);

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
index a9be337be3e4..d04f4fecfc7c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ void assert_pte_locked(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
pte_t *pte;
spinlock_t *ptl;

- if (mm == &init_mm)
+ if (mm_is_kernel(mm))
return;
pgd = mm->pgd + pgd_index(addr);
BUG_ON(pgd_none(*pgd));

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