[PATCH 01/17] mm: Add read-write accessors for vm_page_prot

From: Anshuman Khandual

Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 08:57:09 EST


Currently vma->vm_page_prot is safely read from and written to, without any
locks with READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE(). But with introduction of D128 page
tables on arm64 platform, vm_page_prot grows to 128 bits which can't safely
be handled with READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE().

Add read and write accessors for vm_page_prot like pgprot_[read|write]()
which any platform can override when required, although still defaulting as
READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE(), thus preserving the functionality for others.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/pgtable.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
mm/huge_memory.c | 4 ++--
mm/memory.c | 2 +-
mm/migrate.c | 2 +-
mm/mmap.c | 2 +-
5 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index 2981e386da7b..3ecbeec6b463 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -524,6 +524,20 @@ static inline pgd_t pgdp_get(pgd_t *pgdp)
}
#endif

+#ifndef pgprot_read
+static inline pgprot_t pgprot_read(pgprot_t *prot)
+{
+ return READ_ONCE(*prot);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef pgprot_write
+static inline void pgprot_write(pgprot_t *prot, pgprot_t val)
+{
+ WRITE_ONCE(*prot, val);
+}
+#endif
+
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_TEST_AND_CLEAR_YOUNG
static inline bool ptep_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, pte_t *ptep)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index b5d1e9d4463d..2915e7c628ef 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -3281,7 +3281,7 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
} else {
pte_t entry;

- entry = mk_pte(page, READ_ONCE(vma->vm_page_prot));
+ entry = mk_pte(page, pgprot_read(&vma->vm_page_prot));
if (write)
entry = pte_mkwrite(entry, vma);
if (!young)
@@ -4957,7 +4957,7 @@ void remove_migration_pmd(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw, struct page *new)

entry = softleaf_from_pmd(*pvmw->pmd);
folio_get(folio);
- pmde = folio_mk_pmd(folio, READ_ONCE(vma->vm_page_prot));
+ pmde = folio_mk_pmd(folio, pgprot_read(&vma->vm_page_prot));

if (pmd_swp_soft_dirty(*pvmw->pmd))
pmde = pmd_mksoft_dirty(pmde);
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index c8fe2f373fd2..598d0e588e9a 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ static void restore_exclusive_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,

VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_locked(folio), folio);

- pte = pte_mkold(mk_pte(page, READ_ONCE(vma->vm_page_prot)));
+ pte = pte_mkold(mk_pte(page, pgprot_read(&vma->vm_page_prot)));
if (pte_swp_soft_dirty(orig_pte))
pte = pte_mksoft_dirty(pte);

diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index d9b23909d716..4f3492cf3fba 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static bool remove_migration_pte(struct folio *folio,
continue;

folio_get(folio);
- pte = mk_pte(new, READ_ONCE(vma->vm_page_prot));
+ pte = mk_pte(new, pgprot_read(&vma->vm_page_prot));

entry = softleaf_from_pte(old_pte);
if (!softleaf_is_migration_young(entry))
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 2311ae7c2ff4..750ba48cdf14 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ void vma_set_page_prot(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
vm_page_prot = vm_pgprot_modify(vm_page_prot, vm_flags);
}
/* remove_protection_ptes reads vma->vm_page_prot without mmap_lock */
- WRITE_ONCE(vma->vm_page_prot, vm_page_prot);
+ pgprot_write(&vma->vm_page_prot, vm_page_prot);
}

/*
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