[PATCH v2 47/69] powerpc/mm: Map shared vmemmap tail pages read-only

From: Muchun Song

Date: Wed May 13 2026 - 09:48:16 EST


Shared vmemmap tail pages can also be installed through the powerpc
radix vmemmap populate path.

Map reused tail pages with PAGE_KERNEL_RO so writes to shared tail
vmemmap entries fault immediately instead of silently corrupting shared
metadata.

Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
index 18b24bb891b7..4c3d027c823c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
@@ -1053,7 +1053,8 @@ static pte_t * __meminit radix__vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long
}

VM_BUG_ON(!PAGE_ALIGNED(addr));
- entry = pfn_pte(__pa(p) >> PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_KERNEL);
+ entry = pfn_pte(__pa(p) >> PAGE_SHIFT,
+ reuse ? PAGE_KERNEL_RO : PAGE_KERNEL);
set_pte_at(&init_mm, addr, pte, entry);
asm volatile("ptesync": : :"memory");
}
--
2.54.0