[PATCH 06/17] arm64/mm: Route all pgtable reads via ptval_get()

From: Anshuman Khandual

Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 08:59:21 EST


Define arm64 platform specific implementations for new pxdp_get() helpers.
These resolve into READ_ONCE(), thus ensuring required single copy atomic
semantics for the page table entry reads.

In future this infrastructure can be used for D128 to maintain single copy
atomicity semantics with inline asm blocks.

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index c9eef353455f..030ec3582a0d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -84,6 +84,32 @@ static inline void arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(void)
arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode();
}

+#define ptval_get(x) READ_ONCE(x)
+
+#define pmdp_get pmdp_get
+static inline pmd_t pmdp_get(pmd_t *pmdp)
+{
+ return ptval_get(*pmdp);
+}
+
+#define pudp_get pudp_get
+static inline pud_t pudp_get(pud_t *pudp)
+{
+ return ptval_get(*pudp);
+}
+
+#define p4dp_get p4dp_get
+static inline p4d_t p4dp_get(p4d_t *p4dp)
+{
+ return ptval_get(*p4dp);
+}
+
+#define pgdp_get pgdp_get
+static inline pgd_t pgdp_get(pgd_t *pgdp)
+{
+ return ptval_get(*pgdp);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
#define __HAVE_ARCH_FLUSH_PMD_TLB_RANGE

@@ -380,7 +406,7 @@ static inline void __set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)

static inline pte_t __ptep_get(pte_t *ptep)
{
- return READ_ONCE(*ptep);
+ return ptval_get(*ptep);
}

extern void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval);
@@ -1011,7 +1037,7 @@ static inline phys_addr_t pud_offset_phys(p4d_t *p4dp, unsigned long addr)
{
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pgtable_l4_enabled());

- return p4d_page_paddr(READ_ONCE(*p4dp)) + pud_index(addr) * sizeof(pud_t);
+ return p4d_page_paddr(p4dp_get(p4dp)) + pud_index(addr) * sizeof(pud_t);
}

static inline
@@ -1025,7 +1051,7 @@ pud_t *pud_offset_lockless(p4d_t *p4dp, p4d_t p4d, unsigned long addr)

static inline pud_t *pud_offset(p4d_t *p4dp, unsigned long addr)
{
- return pud_offset_lockless(p4dp, READ_ONCE(*p4dp), addr);
+ return pud_offset_lockless(p4dp, p4dp_get(p4dp), addr);
}
#define pud_offset pud_offset

@@ -1134,7 +1160,7 @@ static inline phys_addr_t p4d_offset_phys(pgd_t *pgdp, unsigned long addr)
{
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pgtable_l5_enabled());

- return pgd_page_paddr(READ_ONCE(*pgdp)) + p4d_index(addr) * sizeof(p4d_t);
+ return pgd_page_paddr(pgdp_get(pgdp)) + p4d_index(addr) * sizeof(p4d_t);
}

static inline
@@ -1148,7 +1174,7 @@ p4d_t *p4d_offset_lockless(pgd_t *pgdp, pgd_t pgd, unsigned long addr)

static inline p4d_t *p4d_offset(pgd_t *pgdp, unsigned long addr)
{
- return p4d_offset_lockless(pgdp, READ_ONCE(*pgdp), addr);
+ return p4d_offset_lockless(pgdp, pgdp_get(pgdp), addr);
}

static inline p4d_t *p4d_set_fixmap(unsigned long addr)
@@ -1346,7 +1372,7 @@ static inline bool pmdp_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmdp)
{
/* Operation applies to PMD table entry only if FEAT_HAFT is enabled */
- VM_WARN_ON(pmd_table(READ_ONCE(*pmdp)) && !system_supports_haft());
+ VM_WARN_ON(pmd_table(pmdp_get(pmdp)) && !system_supports_haft());
return __ptep_test_and_clear_young(vma, address, (pte_t *)pmdp);
}
#endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE || CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_NONLEAF_PMD_YOUNG */
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