Re: [PATCH] alpha: add missing address argument in call to page_table_check_pte_clear()

[Magnus Lindholm]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM Thomas Weißschuh
<thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> After the merge of the alpha and mm trees, this code does not compile,
> as a parameter is missing in a call to page_table_check_pte_clear().
>
> The parameter was re-added in commit d7b4b67eb6b3 ("mm/page_table_check:
> reinstate address parameter in [__]page_table_check_pte_clear()").
> The alpha-specific code was newly added in commit dd5712f3379c ("alpha:
> fix user-space corruption during memory compaction").
>
> Fixes: 4cff5c05e076 ("Merge tag 'mm-stable-2026-02-11-19-22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This should go directly through Linus, in my opinion.
> ---
>  arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
> index c9508ec37efc..e9368c54be45 100644
> --- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
> +++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
> @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static inline pte_t ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>         struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
>         pte_t pte = ptep_get_and_clear(mm, addr, ptep);
>
> -       page_table_check_pte_clear(mm, pte);
> +       page_table_check_pte_clear(mm, addr, pte);
>         migrate_flush_tlb_page(vma, addr);
>         return pte;
>  }
>
> ---
> base-commit: cee73b1e840c154f64ace682cb477c1ae2e29cc4
> change-id: 20260213-alpha-page_table_check_pte_clear-e583fa765111
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>


Hi,

Thanks alot for bringing this up! I noticed this issue yesterday when
trying to build from the latest git. This patch fixes the issue cleanly.
Sounds good to me if this goes directly through Linus, if not I can
take it through my tree, just let me know.


Acked-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@xxxxxxxxx>