linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/6] mm: pagewalk: allow walk_page_range

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2022 15:03:29 +0200
From:   Rolf Eike Beer <eb@...ix.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] mm: pagewalk: allow walk_page_range_novma() without mm

Since e47690d756a7 ("x86: mm: avoid allocating struct mm_struct on the
stack") a pgd can be passed to walk_page_range_novma(). In case it is set
no place in the pagewalk code use the walk.mm anymore, so permit to pass a
NULL mm instead. It is up to the caller to ensure proper locking on the pgd
in this case.

Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eb@...ix.com>
---
 mm/pagewalk.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/pagewalk.c b/mm/pagewalk.c
index dc3c850cd148..f816f86588be 100644
--- a/mm/pagewalk.c
+++ b/mm/pagewalk.c
@@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ int walk_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
  * not backed by VMAs. Because 'unusual' entries may be walked this function
  * will also not lock the PTEs for the pte_entry() callback. This is useful for
  * walking the kernel pages tables or page tables for firmware.
+ *
+ * Either mm or pgd may be NULL, but not both.
  */
 int walk_page_range_novma(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
 			  unsigned long end, const struct mm_walk_ops *ops,
@@ -520,10 +522,11 @@ int walk_page_range_novma(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
 		.no_vma		= true
 	};
 
-	if (start >= end || !walk.mm)
+	if (start >= end || (!walk.mm && !walk.pgd))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	mmap_assert_locked(walk.mm);
+	if (walk.mm)
+		mmap_assert_locked(walk.mm);
 
 	return walk_pgd_range(start, end, &walk);
 }
-- 
2.37.2

-- 
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