[PATCH RFC v3 2/4] mm/pgtable: Make pfn_pte() filter out huge page attributes

Yin Tirui yintirui at huawei.com
Mon Mar 9 20:36:29 PDT 2026



On 3/6/2026 12:25 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> 
> I don't think we should have pgprot_large_2_4k().  Or rather, I think it
> should be embedded in pmd_pgprot() / pud_pgprot().  That is, we should
> have an 'ideal' pgprot which, on x86, perhaps matches that used by the
> 4k level.  pfn_pmd() should be converting from the ideal pgprot to
> that actually used by PMDs (and setting _PAGE_PSE?)
> 

Hi Willy,

I will take this route and implement the embedded approach for the v4 
respin.

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Yin Tirui




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