[PATCH] arm64: Check pxd_leaf() instead of !pxd_table() while tearing down page tables

David Hildenbrand david at redhat.com
Thu May 15 01:13:31 PDT 2025


On 15.05.25 08:34, Dev Jain wrote:
> Commit 9c006972c3fe removes the pxd_present() checks because the caller
> checks pxd_present(). But, in case of vmap_try_huge_pud(), the caller only
> checks pud_present(); pud_free_pmd_page() recurses on each pmd through
> pmd_free_pte_page(), wherein the pmd may be none.
The commit states: "The core code already has a check for pXd_none()", 
so I assume that assumption was not true in all cases?

Should that one problematic caller then check for pmd_none() instead?

If you were able to trigger this WARN, it's always a good idea to 
include the splat in the commit.

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb




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