linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Replace READ_ONCE() with standard page table accessors

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <584fea72-e564-4cf6-9435-ce4b03f2fd65@arm.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 12:41:22 +0530
From: Dev Jain <dev.jain@....com>
To: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Replace READ_ONCE() with standard page table
 accessors


On 07/10/25 12:01 pm, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> Replace all READ_ONCE() with a standard page table accessors i.e pxdp_get()
> that defaults into READ_ONCE() in cases where platform does not override.

Does any platform override into something else currently? The way you write
the description implies that.

>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
> ---
>   mm/gup.c            | 10 +++++-----
>   mm/hmm.c            |  2 +-
>   mm/memory.c         |  4 ++--
>   mm/mprotect.c       |  2 +-
>   mm/sparse-vmemmap.c |  2 +-
>   mm/vmscan.c         |  2 +-
>   6 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
> index 0bc4d140fc07..37e2af5ed96d 100644
> --- a/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/mm/gup.c
> @@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ static struct page *follow_pud_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>   	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
>   
>   	pudp = pud_offset(p4dp, address);
> -	pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
> +	pud = pudp_get(pudp);
>   	if (!pud_present(pud))
>   		return no_page_table(vma, flags, address);
>   	if (pud_leaf(pud)) {
> @@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ static struct page *follow_p4d_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>   	p4d_t *p4dp, p4d;
>   
>   	p4dp = p4d_offset(pgdp, address);
> -	p4d = READ_ONCE(*p4dp);
> +	p4d = p4dp_get(p4dp);
>   	BUILD_BUG_ON(p4d_leaf(p4d));
>   
>   	if (!p4d_present(p4d) || p4d_bad(p4d))
> @@ -3080,7 +3080,7 @@ static int gup_fast_pud_range(p4d_t *p4dp, p4d_t p4d, unsigned long addr,
>   
>   	pudp = pud_offset_lockless(p4dp, p4d, addr);
>   	do {
> -		pud_t pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
> +		pud_t pud = pudp_get(pudp);
>   
>   		next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
>   		if (unlikely(!pud_present(pud)))
> @@ -3106,7 +3106,7 @@ static int gup_fast_p4d_range(pgd_t *pgdp, pgd_t pgd, unsigned long addr,
>   
>   	p4dp = p4d_offset_lockless(pgdp, pgd, addr);
>   	do {
> -		p4d_t p4d = READ_ONCE(*p4dp);
> +		p4d_t p4d = p4dp_get(p4dp);
>   
>   		next = p4d_addr_end(addr, end);
>   		if (!p4d_present(p4d))
> @@ -3128,7 +3128,7 @@ static void gup_fast_pgd_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
>   
>   	pgdp = pgd_offset(current->mm, addr);
>   	do {
> -		pgd_t pgd = READ_ONCE(*pgdp);
> +		pgd_t pgd = pgdp_get(pgdp);
>   
>   		next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
>   		if (pgd_none(pgd))
> diff --git a/mm/hmm.c b/mm/hmm.c
> index d545e2494994..126c3f42e525 100644
> --- a/mm/hmm.c
> +++ b/mm/hmm.c
> @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int hmm_vma_walk_pud(pud_t *pudp, unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
>   	/* Normally we don't want to split the huge page */
>   	walk->action = ACTION_CONTINUE;
>   
> -	pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
> +	pud = pudp_get(pudp);
>   	if (!pud_present(pud)) {
>   		spin_unlock(ptl);
>   		return hmm_vma_walk_hole(start, end, -1, walk);
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 0ba4f6b71847..50f841ee6e84 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -6549,12 +6549,12 @@ int follow_pfnmap_start(struct follow_pfnmap_args *args)
>   		goto out;
>   
>   	p4dp = p4d_offset(pgdp, address);
> -	p4d = READ_ONCE(*p4dp);
> +	p4d = p4dp_get(p4dp);
>   	if (p4d_none(p4d) || unlikely(p4d_bad(p4d)))
>   		goto out;
>   
>   	pudp = pud_offset(p4dp, address);
> -	pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
> +	pud = pudp_get(pudp);
>   	if (pud_none(pud))
>   		goto out;
>   	if (pud_leaf(pud)) {
> diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
> index 113b48985834..988c366137d5 100644
> --- a/mm/mprotect.c
> +++ b/mm/mprotect.c
> @@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static inline long change_pud_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
>   			break;
>   		}
>   
> -		pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
> +		pud = pudp_get(pudp);
>   		if (pud_none(pud))
>   			continue;
>   
> diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
> index dbd8daccade2..37522d6cb398 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
> +++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
> @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate_hugepages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
>   			return -ENOMEM;
>   
>   		pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
> -		if (pmd_none(READ_ONCE(*pmd))) {
> +		if (pmd_none(pmdp_get(pmd))) {

I believe sparse-vmemmap is only for 64 bit arches so we are safe.

>   			void *p;
>   
>   			p = vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(PMD_SIZE, node, altmap);
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index 674999999cd0..14c2722b955b 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -3772,7 +3772,7 @@ static int walk_pud_range(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
>   	pud = pud_offset(p4d, start & P4D_MASK);
>   restart:
>   	for (i = pud_index(start), addr = start; addr != end; i++, addr = next) {
> -		pud_t val = READ_ONCE(pud[i]);
> +		pud_t val = pudp_get(pud + i);
>   
>   		next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
>