[PATCH v3 09/26] mm: Create flags arg for __apply_to_page_range()

From: Brendan Jackman

Date: Sun Jul 26 2026 - 18:26:54 EST


Preparatory patch, no functional change intended.

To prepare for making this function more generic, convert the boolean
"create" arg into a flags arg with a single flag that has the same
meaning.

Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/internal.h | 10 ++++++++++
mm/memory.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index f47f06c555481..395331a12d62d 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -1660,4 +1660,14 @@ static inline bool can_spin_trylock(void)
return true;
}

+/*
+ * Create a mapping if it doesn't exist. (Otherwise, skip regions with no
+ * existing mapping, and return an error for regions with no leaf pagetable).
+ */
+#define PGRANGE_CREATE (1 << 0)
+
+int __apply_to_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
+ unsigned long size, pte_fn_t fn,
+ void *data, unsigned int flags);
+
#endif /* __MM_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 789c65a6d6a0e..c4defefea1574 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3438,9 +3438,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_iomap_memory);

static int apply_to_pte_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
- pte_fn_t fn, void *data, bool create,
+ pte_fn_t fn, void *data, unsigned int flags,
pgtbl_mod_mask *mask)
{
+ bool create = flags & PGRANGE_CREATE;
pte_t *pte, *mapped_pte;
int err = 0;
spinlock_t *ptl;
@@ -3481,10 +3482,11 @@ static int apply_to_pte_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,

static int apply_to_pmd_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
- pte_fn_t fn, void *data, bool create,
+ pte_fn_t fn, void *data, unsigned int flags,
pgtbl_mod_mask *mask)
{
pmd_t *pmd;
+ bool create = flags & PGRANGE_CREATE;
unsigned long next;
int err = 0;

@@ -3509,7 +3511,7 @@ static int apply_to_pmd_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud,
pmd_clear_bad(pmd);
}
err = apply_to_pte_range(mm, pmd, addr, next,
- fn, data, create, mask);
+ fn, data, flags, mask);
if (err)
break;
} while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end);
@@ -3519,10 +3521,11 @@ static int apply_to_pmd_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud,

static int apply_to_pud_range(struct mm_struct *mm, p4d_t *p4d,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
- pte_fn_t fn, void *data, bool create,
+ pte_fn_t fn, void *data, unsigned int flags,
pgtbl_mod_mask *mask)
{
pud_t *pud;
+ bool create = flags & PGRANGE_CREATE;
unsigned long next;
int err = 0;

@@ -3555,10 +3558,11 @@ static int apply_to_pud_range(struct mm_struct *mm, p4d_t *p4d,

static int apply_to_p4d_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
- pte_fn_t fn, void *data, bool create,
+ pte_fn_t fn, void *data, unsigned int flags,
pgtbl_mod_mask *mask)
{
p4d_t *p4d;
+ bool create = flags & PGRANGE_CREATE;
unsigned long next;
int err = 0;

@@ -3581,7 +3585,7 @@ static int apply_to_p4d_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd,
p4d_clear_bad(p4d);
}
err = apply_to_pud_range(mm, p4d, addr, next,
- fn, data, create, mask);
+ fn, data, flags, mask);
if (err)
break;
} while (p4d++, addr = next, addr != end);
@@ -3589,11 +3593,12 @@ static int apply_to_p4d_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd,
return err;
}

-static int __apply_to_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
- unsigned long size, pte_fn_t fn,
- void *data, bool create)
+int __apply_to_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
+ unsigned long size, pte_fn_t fn,
+ void *data, unsigned int flags)
{
pgd_t *pgd;
+ bool create = flags & PGRANGE_CREATE;
unsigned long start = addr, next;
unsigned long end = addr + size;
pgtbl_mod_mask mask = 0;
@@ -3617,7 +3622,7 @@ static int __apply_to_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
pgd_clear_bad(pgd);
}
err = apply_to_p4d_range(mm, pgd, addr, next,
- fn, data, create, &mask);
+ fn, data, flags, &mask);
if (err)
break;
} while (pgd++, addr = next, addr != end);
@@ -3635,7 +3640,7 @@ static int __apply_to_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
int apply_to_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long size, pte_fn_t fn, void *data)
{
- return __apply_to_page_range(mm, addr, size, fn, data, true);
+ return __apply_to_page_range(mm, addr, size, fn, data, PGRANGE_CREATE);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(apply_to_page_range);

@@ -3649,7 +3654,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(apply_to_page_range);
int apply_to_existing_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long size, pte_fn_t fn, void *data)
{
- return __apply_to_page_range(mm, addr, size, fn, data, false);
+ return __apply_to_page_range(mm, addr, size, fn, data, 0);
}

/*

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