[PATCH 1/2] arm64/mm: Move __check_safe_pte_update()

From: Anshuman Khandual

Date: Tue Sep 01 2026 - 02:55:20 EST


The page table entry print helpers and related macros which are defined in
<linux/pgtable.h> will not be accessible in platform <asm/pgtable.h> which
is basically caused by cycling dependency.

Move __check_safe_pte_update() inside arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c as a preparation
for subsequent usage of the afore mentioned generic MM helpers.

This does not cause any functional change.

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
---
Should __check_safe_pte_update() be wrapped in #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
along with dropping off current IS_ENABLED() test. That would ensure
the function never gets called when CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is disabled. That
will preserve current behaviour as the inline function gets dropped
when CONFIG_DEBUG_VM remains disabled.

arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 47 +-------------------------------
arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index e89ec5f4787b..61fbfab3e06e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -387,52 +387,7 @@ static inline pte_t __ptep_get(pte_t *ptep)
extern void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval);
bool pgattr_change_is_safe(pteval_t old, pteval_t new);

-/*
- * PTE bits configuration in the presence of hardware Dirty Bit Management
- * (PTE_WRITE == PTE_DBM):
- *
- * Dirty Writable | PTE_RDONLY PTE_WRITE PTE_DIRTY (sw)
- * 0 0 | 1 0 0
- * 0 1 | 1 1 0
- * 1 0 | 1 0 1
- * 1 1 | 0 1 x
- *
- * When hardware DBM is not present, the software PTE_DIRTY bit is updated via
- * the page fault mechanism. Checking the dirty status of a pte becomes:
- *
- * PTE_DIRTY || (PTE_WRITE && !PTE_RDONLY)
- */
-
-static inline void __check_safe_pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *ptep,
- pte_t pte)
-{
- pte_t old_pte;
-
- if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_VM))
- return;
-
- old_pte = __ptep_get(ptep);
-
- if (!pte_valid(old_pte) || !pte_valid(pte))
- return;
- if (mm != current->active_mm && atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) <= 1)
- return;
-
- /*
- * Check for potential race with hardware updates of the pte
- * (__ptep_set_access_flags safely changes valid ptes without going
- * through an invalid entry).
- */
- VM_WARN_ONCE(!pte_young(pte),
- "%s: racy access flag clearing: 0x%016llx -> 0x%016llx",
- __func__, pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte));
- VM_WARN_ONCE(pte_write(old_pte) && !pte_dirty(pte),
- "%s: racy dirty state clearing: 0x%016llx -> 0x%016llx",
- __func__, pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte));
- VM_WARN_ONCE(!pgattr_change_is_safe(pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte)),
- "%s: unsafe attribute change: 0x%016llx -> 0x%016llx",
- __func__, pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte));
-}
+void __check_safe_pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte);

static inline void __sync_cache_and_tags(pte_t pte, unsigned int nr_pages)
{
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 79d90226fd5d..e9c66d26bc0a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -2392,4 +2392,49 @@ int arch_set_user_pkey_access(int pkey, unsigned long init_val)

return 0;
}
+
+/*
+ * PTE bits configuration in the presence of hardware Dirty Bit Management
+ * (PTE_WRITE == PTE_DBM):
+ *
+ * Dirty Writable | PTE_RDONLY PTE_WRITE PTE_DIRTY (sw)
+ * 0 0 | 1 0 0
+ * 0 1 | 1 1 0
+ * 1 0 | 1 0 1
+ * 1 1 | 0 1 x
+ *
+ * When hardware DBM is not present, the software PTE_DIRTY bit is updated via
+ * the page fault mechanism. Checking the dirty status of a pte becomes:
+ *
+ * PTE_DIRTY || (PTE_WRITE && !PTE_RDONLY)
+ */
+void __check_safe_pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
+{
+ pte_t old_pte;
+
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_VM))
+ return;
+
+ old_pte = __ptep_get(ptep);
+
+ if (!pte_valid(old_pte) || !pte_valid(pte))
+ return;
+ if (mm != current->active_mm && atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) <= 1)
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * Check for potential race with hardware updates of the pte
+ * (__ptep_set_access_flags safely changes valid ptes without going
+ * through an invalid entry).
+ */
+ VM_WARN_ONCE(!pte_young(pte),
+ "%s: racy access flag clearing: 0x%016llx -> 0x%016llx",
+ __func__, pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte));
+ VM_WARN_ONCE(pte_write(old_pte) && !pte_dirty(pte),
+ "%s: racy dirty state clearing: 0x%016llx -> 0x%016llx",
+ __func__, pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte));
+ VM_WARN_ONCE(!pgattr_change_is_safe(pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte)),
+ "%s: unsafe attribute change: 0x%016llx -> 0x%016llx",
+ __func__, pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte));
+}
#endif
--
2.43.0