Re: [PATCH v1] mm: use ptep_get() instead of directly dereferencing pte_t*

From: Lorenzo Stoakes
Date: Mon Mar 10 2025 - 10:10:43 EST


On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 02:04:17PM +0000, Ryan Roberts wrote:
> It is best practice for all pte accesses to go via the arch helpers, to
> ensure non-torn values and to allow the arch to intervene where needed
> (contpte for arm64 for example). While in this case it was probably safe
> to directly dereference, let's tidy it up for consistency.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>

LGTM, so:

Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> mm/migrate.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
> index 22e270f727ed..33a22c2d6b20 100644
> --- a/mm/migrate.c
> +++ b/mm/migrate.c
> @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static bool try_to_map_unused_to_zeropage(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw,
> return false;
> VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageAnon(page), page);
> VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
> - VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(pte_present(*pvmw->pte), page);
> + VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(pte_present(ptep_get(pvmw->pte)), page);
>
> if (folio_test_mlocked(folio) || (pvmw->vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) ||
> mm_forbids_zeropage(pvmw->vma->vm_mm))
> --
> 2.43.0
>