Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] mm: constify the pte_offset_map_ro_nolock() return value

[Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)]

Le 04/08/2026 à 21:22, Pedro Falcato a écrit :
> On Tue, Aug 04, 2026 at 12:22:19PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
>
> > >   			if (!pte) {
> > >   				mmap_read_unlock(mm);
> > >   				result = SCAN_NO_PTE_TABLE;
> > > diff --git a/mm/pgtable-generic.c b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
> > > index b91b1a98029c..2cfc6e608ef4 100644
> > > --- a/mm/pgtable-generic.c
> > > +++ b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
> > > @@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ pte_t *__pte_offset_map(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, pmd_t *pmdvalp)
> > >   	return NULL;
> > >   }
> > >
> > > -pte_t *pte_offset_map_ro_nolock(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
> > > -				unsigned long addr, spinlock_t **ptlp)
> > > +const pte_t *pte_offset_map_ro_nolock(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
> >
> > Can pmd be const too?
>
> I was going to say "yes but then pmdp_get() also needs to be constfified" but
> actually no, it can't:
>
> pte_t *__pte_offset_map(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, pmd_t *pmdvalp) {
>          if (unlikely(pmd_bad(pmdval))) {
>                  pmd_clear_bad(pmd);
>                  goto nomap;
>          }
> }
>
> so PTE mapping actually needs to write to the pmdp if the pmd looks bad.
> Tricky stuff :)

But if pmd is const, can it be bad at all ?

Christophe