[PATCH v2 2/3] mm/memory: batch set uffd-wp markers during zapping
From: Dev Jain
Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 02:55:57 EST
Enable batch setting of uffd-wp PTE markers.
The code paths passing nr > 1 to zap_install_uffd_wp_if_needed() produce
that nr through either folio_pte_batch() or swap_pte_batch(), therefore
batching is correct:
1) All PTEs belong to the same type of VMA: anonymous or non-anonymous,
wp-armed or non-wp-armed.
2) All PTEs are either marked with uffd-wp or not marked with uffd-wp;
the same applies to the pte_swp_uffd_any() check.
3) uffd_supports_wp_marker() is independent of the function parameters.
Use set_pte_at() in a loop instead of set_ptes(), because set_ptes()
cannot handle nonpresent to nonpresent conversion for nr_pages > 1.
Rename the helper to cond_install_uffd_wp_ptes().
Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@xxxxxxx>
---
mm/internal.h | 5 +++--
mm/memory.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
mm/rmap.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index b6a3589a61c1a..0f49cff67a2b8 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -276,8 +276,9 @@ void unmap_vmas(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct unmap_desc *unmap);
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-bool pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte);
+bool cond_install_uffd_wp_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte,
+ unsigned long nr_ptes);
static inline void get_anon_vma(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
{
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 6c0c4c774674a..d2f14ba2261cd 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1676,27 +1676,29 @@ static inline bool zap_drop_markers(struct zap_details *details)
}
/**
- * pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed - install uffd-wp marker after clearing a PTE
- * @vma: The VMA the page is mapped into.
- * @addr: Address the page is mapped at.
- * @ptep: Page table pointer for this entry.
+ * cond_install_uffd_wp_ptes - install uffd-wp markers after clearing PTEs
+ * @vma: The VMA the pages are mapped into.
+ * @addr: Address the first page of this batch is mapped at.
+ * @ptep: Page table pointer for the first entry of this batch.
* @pte: Old value of the entry pointed to by @ptep.
+ * @nr_ptes: Number of entries to install.
*
- * If the PTE was write-protected by uffd-wp in any form, arm a special PTE
- * to replace a none PTE. NOTE! This should only be called when the PTE is
+ * If the PTEs were write-protected by uffd-wp in any form, arm special PTEs
+ * to replace none PTEs. NOTE! This should only be called when the PTEs are
* already cleared so we will never accidentally replace something valuable.
- * Meanwhile none PTEs also mean we are not demoting the PTE so a TLB flush is
- * not needed. E.g., when the PTE was cleared, the caller should have taken care
- * of the TLB flush.
+ * Meanwhile none PTEs also mean we are not demoting the PTEs so a TLB flush is
+ * not needed. E.g., when the PTEs were cleared, the caller should have taken
+ * care of the TLB flush.
*
* Must be called with the page table lock held so that no thread will see the
- * none PTE, and if they see it, they'll fault and serialize at the page table
+ * none PTEs, and if they see them, they'll fault and serialize at the page table
* lock.
*
- * Returns true if an uffd-wp PTE was installed, false otherwise.
+ * Returns true if uffd-wp PTEs were installed, false otherwise.
*/
-bool pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
+bool cond_install_uffd_wp_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte,
+ unsigned long nr_ptes)
{
bool arm_uffd_pte = false;
@@ -1726,13 +1728,19 @@ bool pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (unlikely(pte_swp_uffd_any(pte)))
arm_uffd_pte = true;
- if (unlikely(arm_uffd_pte)) {
+ if (likely(!arm_uffd_pte))
+ return false;
+
+ for (;;) {
set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep,
make_pte_marker(PTE_MARKER_UFFD_WP));
- return true;
+ if (--nr_ptes == 0)
+ break;
+ ptep++;
+ addr += PAGE_SIZE;
}
- return false;
+ return true;
}
/*
@@ -1746,29 +1754,10 @@ zap_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr, pte_t *pte, int nr,
struct zap_details *details, pte_t pteval)
{
- bool was_installed = false;
-
- if (!uffd_supports_wp_marker())
- return false;
-
- /* Zap on anonymous always means dropping everything */
- if (vma_is_anonymous(vma))
- return false;
-
if (zap_drop_markers(details))
return false;
- for (;;) {
- /* the PFN in the PTE is irrelevant. */
- if (pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(vma, addr, pte, pteval))
- was_installed = true;
- if (--nr == 0)
- break;
- pte++;
- addr += PAGE_SIZE;
- }
-
- return was_installed;
+ return cond_install_uffd_wp_ptes(vma, addr, pte, pteval, nr);
}
static __always_inline void zap_present_folio_ptes(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 73c2fe2d19462..abeb8e7ceba17 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -2348,7 +2348,7 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* we may want to replace a none pte with a marker pte if
* it's file-backed, so we don't lose the tracking info.
*/
- pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(vma, address, pvmw.pte, pteval);
+ cond_install_uffd_wp_ptes(vma, address, pvmw.pte, pteval, 1);
/* Update high watermark before we lower rss */
update_hiwater_rss(mm);
--
2.43.0