[PATCH] mm/debug_vm_pgtable: Replace WRITE_ONCE() with pxd_clear()

From: Anshuman Khandual

Date: Fri Feb 27 2026 - 01:12:58 EST


Replace WRITE_ONCE() with generic pxd_clear() to clear out the page table
entries as required. Besides this does not cause any functional change as
well.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Suggested-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
---
Applies on mm-unstable and tested only on arm64 platform.

mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
index 83cf07269f13..23dc3ee09561 100644
--- a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
+++ b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static void __init pmd_huge_tests(struct pgtable_debug_args *args)
* X86 defined pmd_set_huge() verifies that the given
* PMD is not a populated non-leaf entry.
*/
- WRITE_ONCE(*args->pmdp, __pmd(0));
+ pmd_clear(args->pmdp);
WARN_ON(!pmd_set_huge(args->pmdp, __pfn_to_phys(args->fixed_pmd_pfn), args->page_prot));
WARN_ON(!pmd_clear_huge(args->pmdp));
pmd = pmdp_get(args->pmdp);
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static void __init pud_huge_tests(struct pgtable_debug_args *args)
* X86 defined pud_set_huge() verifies that the given
* PUD is not a populated non-leaf entry.
*/
- WRITE_ONCE(*args->pudp, __pud(0));
+ pud_clear(args->pudp);
WARN_ON(!pud_set_huge(args->pudp, __pfn_to_phys(args->fixed_pud_pfn), args->page_prot));
WARN_ON(!pud_clear_huge(args->pudp));
pud = pudp_get(args->pudp);
--
2.30.2