[RFC PATCH 1/4] mm: use proper PTE accessors in madvise() and mremap()

From: Alexander Gordeev

Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 09:33:03 EST


Follow the pattern established by commit c33c794828f2 ("mm:
ptep_get() conversion") and use proper accessors instead of
direct pointer dereferences.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/madvise.c | 2 +-
mm/mremap.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 77552b03d318..7d369b1ff8e5 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ static int guard_install_set_pte(unsigned long addr, unsigned long next,
unsigned long *nr_pages = (unsigned long *)walk->private;

/* Simply install a PTE marker, this causes segfault on access. */
- *ptep = make_pte_marker(PTE_MARKER_GUARD);
+ set_pte(ptep, make_pte_marker(PTE_MARKER_GUARD));
(*nr_pages)++;

return 0;
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index e9c8b1d05832..fc3b90274a57 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static int move_ptes(struct pagetable_move_control *pmc,

for (; old_addr < old_end; old_ptep += nr_ptes, old_addr += nr_ptes * PAGE_SIZE,
new_ptep += nr_ptes, new_addr += nr_ptes * PAGE_SIZE) {
- VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pte_none(*new_ptep));
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pte_none(ptep_get(new_ptep)));

nr_ptes = 1;
max_nr_ptes = (old_end - old_addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
--
2.53.0