linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the arm64 tree with the mm-unstable tree

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Message-ID: <20251204130233.5a24b42c@canb.auug.org.au>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 13:02:33 +1100
From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Will Deacon
 <will@...nel.org>, Huang Ying <ying.huang@...ux.alibaba.com>, Linux Kernel
 Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linux Next Mailing List
 <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>, Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
 "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the arm64 tree with the mm-unstable
 tree

Hi all,

On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:25:32 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the arm64 tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   mm/memory.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   b08b123ead1a ("mm: avoid unnecessary use of is_swap_pmd()")
> 
> from the mm-unstable tree and commit:
> 
>   79301c7d605a ("mm: add spurious fault fixing support for huge pmd")
> 
> from the arm64 tree.
> 
> I fixed it up (I think - see below) and can carry the fix as
> necessary. This is now fixed as far as linux-next is concerned, but any
> non trivial conflicts should be mentioned to your upstream maintainer
> when your tree is submitted for merging.  You may also want to consider
> cooperating with the maintainer of the conflicting tree to minimise any
> particularly complex conflicts.
> 
> 
> diff --cc mm/memory.c
> index 50b93b45b174,6e5a08c4fd2e..000000000000
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@@ -6342,40 -6314,37 +6369,43 @@@ retry_pud
>   	if (pmd_none(*vmf.pmd) &&
>   	    thp_vma_allowable_order(vma, vm_flags, TVA_PAGEFAULT, PMD_ORDER)) {
>   		ret = create_huge_pmd(&vmf);
>  -		if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
>  +		if (ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK)
>  +			goto fallback;
>  +		else
>   			return ret;
>  -	} else {
>  -		vmf.orig_pmd = pmdp_get_lockless(vmf.pmd);
>  +	}
>   
>  -		if (unlikely(is_swap_pmd(vmf.orig_pmd))) {
>  -			VM_BUG_ON(thp_migration_supported() &&
>  -					  !is_pmd_migration_entry(vmf.orig_pmd));
>  -			if (is_pmd_migration_entry(vmf.orig_pmd))
>  -				pmd_migration_entry_wait(mm, vmf.pmd);
>  +	vmf.orig_pmd = pmdp_get_lockless(vmf.pmd);
>  +	if (pmd_none(vmf.orig_pmd))
>  +		goto fallback;
>  +
>  +	if (unlikely(!pmd_present(vmf.orig_pmd))) {
>  +		if (pmd_is_device_private_entry(vmf.orig_pmd))
>  +			return do_huge_pmd_device_private(&vmf);
>  +
>  +		if (pmd_is_migration_entry(vmf.orig_pmd))
>  +			pmd_migration_entry_wait(mm, vmf.pmd);
>  +		return 0;
>  +	}
>  +	if (pmd_trans_huge(vmf.orig_pmd)) {
>  +		if (pmd_protnone(vmf.orig_pmd) && vma_is_accessible(vma))
>  +			return do_huge_pmd_numa_page(&vmf);
>  +
>  +		if ((flags & (FAULT_FLAG_WRITE|FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE)) &&
>  +		    !pmd_write(vmf.orig_pmd)) {
>  +			ret = wp_huge_pmd(&vmf);
>  +			if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
>  +				return ret;
>  +		} else {
> - 			huge_pmd_set_accessed(&vmf);
> ++			vmf.ptl = pmd_lock(mm, vmf.pmd);
> ++			if (!huge_pmd_set_accessed(&vmf))
> ++				fix_spurious_fault(&vmf, PGTABLE_LEVEL_PMD);
> ++			spin_unlock(vmf.ptl);
>   			return 0;
>   		}
>  -		if (pmd_trans_huge(vmf.orig_pmd)) {
>  -			if (pmd_protnone(vmf.orig_pmd) && vma_is_accessible(vma))
>  -				return do_huge_pmd_numa_page(&vmf);
>  -
>  -			if ((flags & (FAULT_FLAG_WRITE|FAULT_FLAG_UNSHARE)) &&
>  -			    !pmd_write(vmf.orig_pmd)) {
>  -				ret = wp_huge_pmd(&vmf);
>  -				if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK))
>  -					return ret;
>  -			} else {
>  -				vmf.ptl = pmd_lock(mm, vmf.pmd);
>  -				if (!huge_pmd_set_accessed(&vmf))
>  -					fix_spurious_fault(&vmf, PGTABLE_LEVEL_PMD);
>  -				spin_unlock(vmf.ptl);
>  -				return 0;
>  -			}
>  -		}
>   	}
>   
>  +fallback:
>   	return handle_pte_fault(&vmf);
>   }
>   

This is now a conflict between the mm-stable tree and Linus' tree.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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