[PATCH v1 2/4] arm64: hibernate: Use fixmap for hibernate_map/unmap_page

From: Vincent Donnefort

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 09:36:00 EST


The default implementation for hibernate_map_page uses the direct map.
This creates an unnecessary limitation for BBML3 enabled systems which
can split linear map blocks and can enable memfd_secret users regardless
of the linear map mapping level.

Block splitting acquires a mutex (pgtable_split_lock) and as a
consequence is incompatible with hibernation. We know hibernation would
only call set_direct_map*() on a PTE-level region since it was
previously split by memfd_secret. But let's avoid special casing
hibernation in split_kernel_leaf_mapping().

On hibernation, do not modify the direct map and instead use a fixmap,
better suited for a transient mapping hibernation needs to copy the page
content. It removes the need for handling atomic context in
split_kernel_leaf_mapping() altogether.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h | 3 +++
arch/arm64/kernel/hibernate.c | 12 ++++++++++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h
index 170c3502d723..c8a65fd8584d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ enum fixed_addresses {
FIX_ENTRY_TRAMP_TEXT1,
#define TRAMP_VALIAS (__fix_to_virt(FIX_ENTRY_TRAMP_TEXT1))
#endif /* CONFIG_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
+ FIX_HIBERNATE,
+#endif
__end_of_permanent_fixed_addresses,

/*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/hibernate.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/hibernate.c
index 7bf117427777..bbd0779081fa 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/hibernate.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/hibernate.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
#include <asm/cputype.h>
#include <asm/daifflags.h>
+#include <asm/fixmap.h>
#include <asm/irqflags.h>
#include <asm/kexec.h>
#include <asm/memory.h>
@@ -213,6 +214,17 @@ static int create_safe_exec_page(void *src_start, size_t length,
return 0;
}

+void *hibernate_map_page(struct page *page)
+{
+ set_fixmap(FIX_HIBERNATE, page_to_phys(page));
+ return (void *)__fix_to_virt(FIX_HIBERNATE);
+}
+
+void hibernate_unmap_page(struct page *page)
+{
+ clear_fixmap(FIX_HIBERNATE);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MTE

static DEFINE_XARRAY(mte_pages);
--
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