[PATCH 4/6] arm64: use hw_pte_t for fixmap HW PTEs

Muhammad Usama Anjum usama.anjum at arm.com
Mon Sep 14 06:51:34 PDT 2026


fixmap_pte() returns a pointer into bm_pte, and early_fixmap_init_pte()
installs those arrays as page tables. Their elements are therefore
HW PTEs.

Change the element type of bm_pte to hw_pte_t so it matches the HW PTE
pointers returned and passed to the accessors. This is needed before
ARCH_HAS_HW_PTE_T makes HW PTEs and SW PTE values distinct types; the
array dimensions and placement are unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum at arm.com>
---
 arch/arm64/mm/fixmap.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fixmap.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fixmap.c
index 237a9136bc73b..709a97fe327d8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fixmap.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fixmap.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static_assert(NR_BM_PMD_TABLES == 1);
 
 #define BM_PTE_TABLE_IDX(addr)	__BM_TABLE_IDX(addr, PMD_SHIFT)
 
-static pte_t bm_pte[NR_BM_PTE_TABLES][PTRS_PER_PTE] __bss_pgtbl;
+static hw_pte_t bm_pte[NR_BM_PTE_TABLES][PTRS_PER_PTE] __bss_pgtbl;
 static pmd_t bm_pmd[PTRS_PER_PMD] __bss_pgtbl __maybe_unused;
 static pud_t bm_pud[PTRS_PER_PUD] __bss_pgtbl __maybe_unused;
 

-- 
2.47.3




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