[PATCH 1/3] x86/mm: use READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE for mm->context.untag_mask
From: Rik van Riel
Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 15:04:34 EST
mm->context.untag_mask is written once, when LAM is enabled
(mm_enable_lam(), under mmap_write_lock and while the process is still
single-threaded), and is otherwise stable and never reverted.
untagged_addr_remote() reads it for a remote mm, and the new
untagged_addr_remote_unlocked() (used by the per-VMA-lock
access_remote_vm() fast path) reads it without the mmap lock.
The field is a single aligned word and cannot tear, but annotate the
reads and writes with READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() to make the lockless
access explicit and keep the compiler from reloading or tearing it.
No functional change.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 6 +++---
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index ef5b507de34e..cee710f64658 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -100,18 +100,18 @@ static inline unsigned long mm_lam_cr3_mask(struct mm_struct *mm)
static inline void dup_lam(struct mm_struct *oldmm, struct mm_struct *mm)
{
mm->context.lam_cr3_mask = oldmm->context.lam_cr3_mask;
- mm->context.untag_mask = oldmm->context.untag_mask;
+ WRITE_ONCE(mm->context.untag_mask, READ_ONCE(oldmm->context.untag_mask));
}
#define mm_untag_mask mm_untag_mask
static inline unsigned long mm_untag_mask(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
- return mm->context.untag_mask;
+ return READ_ONCE(mm->context.untag_mask);
}
static inline void mm_reset_untag_mask(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
- mm->context.untag_mask = -1UL;
+ WRITE_ONCE(mm->context.untag_mask, -1UL);
}
#define arch_pgtable_dma_compat arch_pgtable_dma_compat
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
index 20de34cc9aa6..4a52497ba6a1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __untagged_addr_remote(struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned long addr)
{
mmap_assert_locked(mm);
- return addr & (mm)->context.untag_mask;
+ return addr & READ_ONCE((mm)->context.untag_mask);
}
#define untagged_addr_remote(mm, addr) ({ \
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index d44afbe005bb..55096136de53 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ static void enable_lam_func(void *__mm)
static void mm_enable_lam(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
mm->context.lam_cr3_mask = X86_CR3_LAM_U57;
- mm->context.untag_mask = ~GENMASK(62, 57);
+ WRITE_ONCE(mm->context.untag_mask, ~GENMASK(62, 57));
/*
* Even though the process must still be single-threaded at this
--
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