[PATCH v2 2/3] mm/memory: remove the mkwrite argument from __vm_insert_mixed()
From: Sang-Heon Jeon
Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 12:09:57 EST
__vm_insert_mixed() is only called from vmf_insert_mixed() with
mkwrite == false, so mkwrite is also always false in vm_mixed_ok()
and insert_pfn().
So remove the argument and the unreachable code in insert_pfn().
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memory.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++------------------------------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 4b2e4be28031..6c1d38eba7b2 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2453,7 +2453,14 @@ static int insert_page_into_pte_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pte_t *pte,
if (!mkwrite)
return -EBUSY;
- /* see insert_pfn(). */
+ /*
+ * For read faults on private mappings the PFN passed in may
+ * not match the PFN we have mapped if the mapped PFN is a
+ * writeable COW page. In the mkwrite case we are creating a
+ * writable PTE for a shared mapping and we expect the PFNs to
+ * match. If they don't match, we are likely racing with block
+ * allocation and mapping invalidation.
+ */
if (pte_pfn(pteval) != page_to_pfn(page)) {
WARN_ON_ONCE(!is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(pteval)));
return -EFAULT;
@@ -2858,7 +2865,7 @@ int vm_map_pages_zero(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page **pages,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_map_pages_zero);
static vm_fault_t insert_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
- unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t prot, bool mkwrite)
+ unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t prot)
{
struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
pte_t *pte, entry;
@@ -2868,38 +2875,12 @@ static vm_fault_t insert_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
if (!pte)
return VM_FAULT_OOM;
entry = ptep_get(pte);
- if (!pte_none(entry)) {
- if (mkwrite) {
- /*
- * For read faults on private mappings the PFN passed
- * in may not match the PFN we have mapped if the
- * mapped PFN is a writeable COW page. In the mkwrite
- * case we are creating a writable PTE for a shared
- * mapping and we expect the PFNs to match. If they
- * don't match, we are likely racing with block
- * allocation and mapping invalidation so just skip the
- * update.
- */
- if (pte_pfn(entry) != pfn) {
- WARN_ON_ONCE(!is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(entry)));
- goto out_unlock;
- }
- entry = pte_mkyoung(entry);
- entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma);
- if (ptep_set_access_flags(vma, addr, pte, entry, 1))
- update_mmu_cache(vma, addr, pte);
- }
+ if (!pte_none(entry))
goto out_unlock;
- }
/* Ok, finally just insert the thing.. */
entry = pte_mkspecial(pfn_pte(pfn, prot));
- if (mkwrite) {
- entry = pte_mkyoung(entry);
- entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma);
- }
-
set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, entry);
update_mmu_cache(vma, addr, pte); /* XXX: why not for insert_page? */
@@ -2967,7 +2948,7 @@ vm_fault_t vmf_insert_pfn_prot(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
pfnmap_setup_cachemode_pfn(pfn, &pgprot);
- return insert_pfn(vma, addr, pfn, pgprot, false);
+ return insert_pfn(vma, addr, pfn, pgprot);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmf_insert_pfn_prot);
@@ -2998,11 +2979,9 @@ vm_fault_t vmf_insert_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmf_insert_pfn);
-static bool vm_mixed_ok(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long pfn,
- bool mkwrite)
+static bool vm_mixed_ok(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long pfn)
{
- if (unlikely(is_zero_pfn(pfn)) &&
- (mkwrite || !vm_mixed_zeropage_allowed(vma)))
+ if (unlikely(is_zero_pfn(pfn)) && !vm_mixed_zeropage_allowed(vma))
return false;
/* these checks mirror the abort conditions in vm_normal_page */
if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MIXEDMAP)
@@ -3013,12 +2992,12 @@ static bool vm_mixed_ok(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long pfn,
}
static vm_fault_t __vm_insert_mixed(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- unsigned long addr, unsigned long pfn, bool mkwrite)
+ unsigned long addr, unsigned long pfn)
{
pgprot_t pgprot = vma->vm_page_prot;
int err;
- if (!vm_mixed_ok(vma, pfn, mkwrite))
+ if (!vm_mixed_ok(vma, pfn))
return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
if (addr < vma->vm_start || addr >= vma->vm_end)
@@ -3045,9 +3024,9 @@ static vm_fault_t __vm_insert_mixed(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* result in pfn_t_has_page() == false.
*/
page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
- err = insert_page(vma, addr, page, pgprot, mkwrite);
+ err = insert_page(vma, addr, page, pgprot, false);
} else {
- return insert_pfn(vma, addr, pfn, pgprot, mkwrite);
+ return insert_pfn(vma, addr, pfn, pgprot);
}
if (err == -ENOMEM)
@@ -3086,7 +3065,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vmf_insert_page_mkwrite);
vm_fault_t vmf_insert_mixed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long pfn)
{
- return __vm_insert_mixed(vma, addr, pfn, false);
+ return __vm_insert_mixed(vma, addr, pfn);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmf_insert_mixed);
--
2.43.0