[PATCH 1/2] arm64/mm: Allow __create_pgd_mapping() to propagate pgtable_alloc() errors
Dev Jain
dev.jain at arm.com
Fri Aug 15 00:30:14 PDT 2025
On 13/08/25 8:26 pm, Chaitanya S Prakash wrote:
> [-------snip-------------]
>
> -static void __create_pgd_mapping(pgd_t *pgdir, phys_addr_t phys,
> +static int __create_pgd_mapping(pgd_t *pgdir, phys_addr_t phys,
> unsigned long virt, phys_addr_t size,
> pgprot_t prot,
> phys_addr_t (*pgtable_alloc)(enum pgtable_type),
> int flags)
> {
> + int ret = 0;
> +
> mutex_lock(&fixmap_lock);
> - __create_pgd_mapping_locked(pgdir, phys, virt, size, prot,
> - pgtable_alloc, flags);
> + ret = __create_pgd_mapping_locked(pgdir, phys, virt, size, prot,
> + pgtable_alloc, flags);
> mutex_unlock(&fixmap_lock);
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static void ___create_pgd_mapping(pgd_t *pgdir, phys_addr_t phys,
> + unsigned long virt, phys_addr_t size,
> + pgprot_t prot,
> + phys_addr_t (*pgtable_alloc)(enum pgtable_type),
> + int flags)
> +{
> + int ret = 0;
> +
> + ret = __create_pgd_mapping(pgdir, phys, virt, size, prot, pgtable_alloc,
> + flags);
> + BUG_ON(ret);
> }
A triple underscore calling a double underscore isn't natural to reason about.
Since this is the function which must succeed, how does "must_create_pgd_mapping()"
sound?
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