[PATCH 2/5] mm/arm64: constify pte_get*() and contpte get logic

From: Pedro Falcato

Date: Fri Jul 24 2026 - 06:27:01 EST


None of the contpte code needs write access to the PTEs.

Signed-off-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 10 +++++-----
arch/arm64/mm/contpte.c | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index a2681d755358..043bc0649cee 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static inline void __set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
__set_pte_complete(pte);
}

-static inline pte_t __ptep_get(pte_t *ptep)
+static inline pte_t __ptep_get(const pte_t *ptep)
{
return READ_ONCE(*ptep);
}
@@ -1652,8 +1652,8 @@ extern void __contpte_try_fold(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte);
extern void __contpte_try_unfold(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte);
-extern pte_t contpte_ptep_get(pte_t *ptep, pte_t orig_pte);
-extern pte_t contpte_ptep_get_lockless(pte_t *orig_ptep);
+extern pte_t contpte_ptep_get(const pte_t *ptep, pte_t orig_pte);
+extern pte_t contpte_ptep_get_lockless(const pte_t *orig_ptep);
extern void contpte_set_ptes(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte, unsigned int nr);
extern void contpte_clear_full_ptes(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ static inline unsigned int pte_batch_hint(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
*/

#define ptep_get ptep_get
-static inline pte_t ptep_get(pte_t *ptep)
+static inline pte_t ptep_get(const pte_t *ptep)
{
pte_t pte = __ptep_get(ptep);

@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ static inline pte_t ptep_get(pte_t *ptep)
}

#define ptep_get_lockless ptep_get_lockless
-static inline pte_t ptep_get_lockless(pte_t *ptep)
+static inline pte_t ptep_get_lockless(const pte_t *ptep)
{
pte_t pte = __ptep_get(ptep);

diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/contpte.c b/arch/arm64/mm/contpte.c
index 2de12656b4d8..3853ecd2cee9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/contpte.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/contpte.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ void __contpte_try_unfold(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__contpte_try_unfold);

-pte_t contpte_ptep_get(pte_t *ptep, pte_t orig_pte)
+pte_t contpte_ptep_get(const pte_t *ptep, pte_t orig_pte)
{
/*
* Gather access/dirty bits, which may be populated in any of the ptes
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static inline bool contpte_is_consistent(pte_t pte, unsigned long pfn,
pgprot_val(prot) == pgprot_val(orig_prot);
}

-pte_t contpte_ptep_get_lockless(pte_t *orig_ptep)
+pte_t contpte_ptep_get_lockless(const pte_t *orig_ptep)
{
/*
* The ptep_get_lockless() API requires us to read and return *orig_ptep
--
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