[PATCH v3] arm64: mm: Test for pmd_sect() in vmemmap_check_pmd()
Anshuman Khandual
anshuman.khandual at arm.com
Thu Jan 2 23:06:36 PST 2025
On 1/2/25 13:10, Zhenhua Huang wrote:
> Commit 2045a3b8911b ("mm/sparse-vmemmap: generalise vmemmap_populate_hugepages()")
> introduces the vmemmap_check_pmd() while does not verify if the entry is a
> section mapping, as is already done for Loongarch & X86.
> The update includes a check for pmd_sect(). Only if pmd_sect() returns true,
> further vmemmap population for the addr is skipped.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhenhua Huang <quic_zhenhuah at quicinc.com>
> ---
> Separate the patch out based on the discussion:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20241209094227.1529977-3-quic_zhenhuah@quicinc.com/T/#m41d49cd91b348ecfe2c37c4b3c0911180426934e
LGTM, regardless whether this patch goes on its own or via the series.
Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual at arm.com>
>
> arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> index 9afeb35673a3..50a22c63f450 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> @@ -1172,7 +1172,8 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_check_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, int node,
> unsigned long addr, unsigned long next)
> {
> vmemmap_verify((pte_t *)pmdp, node, addr, next);
> - return 1;
> +
> + return pmd_sect(READ_ONCE(*pmdp));
> }
>
> int __meminit vmemmap_populate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int node,
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