Re: [PATCH] mm: use proper PTE accessor in move_ptes()

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 09:25:55 EST


On 7/30/26 15:07, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> On 7/20/26 16:16, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
>> Follow the pattern established by commit c33c794828f2
>> ("mm: ptep_get() conversion") and use the proper PTE
>> accessor instead of a direct pointer dereference.
>>
>> Fixes: b36b701bbcd9 ("mm: expose abnormal new_pte during move_ptes")
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> mm/mremap.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
>> index 0dfe3de39ccc..e99b19a9850b 100644
>> --- a/mm/mremap.c
>> +++ b/mm/mremap.c
>> @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static int move_ptes(struct pagetable_move_control *pmc,
>>
>> for (; old_addr < old_end; old_ptep += nr_ptes, old_addr += nr_ptes * PAGE_SIZE,
>> new_ptep += nr_ptes, new_addr += nr_ptes * PAGE_SIZE) {
>> - VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pte_none(*new_ptep));
>> + VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pte_none(ptep_get(new_ptep)));
>>
>> nr_ptes = 1;
>> max_nr_ptes = (old_end - old_addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
>

Ah, but I think we should drop the Fixes: tag, or am I missing something?

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Cheers,

David