[PATCH] arm64: mm: refresh stale pmd snapshot after split_contpmd()

From: lirongqing

Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 07:42:50 EST


From: Li RongQing <lirongqing@xxxxxxxxx>

split_contpmd() modifies the pmd entries in-place by clearing the CONT
bit, but the local 'pmd' variable still holds the old snapshot with CONT
set. The subsequent split_pmd() call uses this stale value to derive the
pgprot for the new PTE entries via pmd_pgprot(), causing the resulting
PTEs to be populated with incorrect protection bits.

Fix this by re-reading the pmd from memory after split_contpmd() returns
in both call sites: split_kernel_leaf_mapping_locked() and
split_to_ptes_pmd_entry().

Fixes: a166563e7ec3 ("arm64: mm: support large block mapping when rodata=full")
Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 12e862c..e510336 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -746,8 +746,10 @@ static int split_kernel_leaf_mapping_locked(unsigned long addr)
if (!pmd_present(pmd))
goto out;
if (pmd_leaf(pmd)) {
- if (pmd_cont(pmd))
+ if (pmd_cont(pmd)) {
split_contpmd(pmdp);
+ pmd = pmdp_get(pmdp);
+ }
/*
* PMD: If addr is PMD aligned then addr already describes a
* leaf boundary. Otherwise, split to contpte.
@@ -891,8 +893,10 @@ static int split_to_ptes_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr,
int ret = 0;

if (pmd_leaf(pmd)) {
- if (pmd_cont(pmd))
+ if (pmd_cont(pmd)) {
split_contpmd(pmdp);
+ pmd = pmdp_get(pmdp);
+ }
ret = split_pmd(pmdp, pmd, gfp, false);

/*
--
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