Re: [PATCH 12/31] mm/vmalloc: vmalloc_to_page() use pte_offset_kernel()

From: Lorenzo Stoakes
Date: Mon May 22 2023 - 03:27:35 EST


On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 10:04:07PM -0700, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> vmalloc_to_page() was using pte_offset_map() (followed by pte_unmap()),
> but it's intended for userspace page tables: prefer pte_offset_kernel().
>
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/vmalloc.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index 9683573f1225..741722d247d5 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -703,11 +703,10 @@ struct page *vmalloc_to_page(const void *vmalloc_addr)
> if (WARN_ON_ONCE(pmd_bad(*pmd)))
> return NULL;
>
> - ptep = pte_offset_map(pmd, addr);
> + ptep = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
> pte = *ptep;
> if (pte_present(pte))
> page = pte_page(pte);
> - pte_unmap(ptep);
>
> return page;
> }
> --
> 2.35.3
>

Looks good to me,

Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>