[PATCH 3/5] ARM: Disable FAST_GUP on PREEMPT_RT if HIGHPTE is also enabled.

Sebastian Andrzej Siewior bigeasy at linutronix.de
Wed Oct 29 08:59:16 PDT 2025


gup_pgd_range() is invoked with disabled interrupts and invokes
__kmap_local_page_prot() via pte_offset_map(), gup_p4d_range().
With HIGHPTE enabled, __kmap_local_page_prot() invokes kmap_high_get()
which uses a spinlock_t via lock_kmap_any(). This leads to an
sleeping-while-atomic error on PREEMPT_RT because spinlock_t becomes a
sleeping spin lock and must not be acquired in atomic context.

The loop in map_new_virtual() uses wait_queue_head_t for wake up which
also is using a spinlock_t.

Limit HAVE_FAST_GUP additionally to remain disabled on PREEMPT_RT with
HIGHPTE enabled.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy at linutronix.de>
---
 arch/arm/Kconfig | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 2e3f93b690f47..864a14a434b08 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ config ARM
 	select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS if HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 	select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS if (CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7) && MMU
 	select HAVE_EXIT_THREAD
-	select HAVE_GUP_FAST if ARM_LPAE
+	select HAVE_GUP_FAST if ARM_LPAE && !(PREEMPT_RT && HIGHPTE)
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FREGS
-- 
2.51.0




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