[PATCH V2 4/4] arm64/mm: Use pgdp_get() for PGD accesses

Anshuman Khandual anshuman.khandual at arm.com
Mon Sep 21 23:16:38 PDT 2026


Replace READ_ONCE() with pgdp_get() for PGD accesses in preparation for
supporting both D64 and D128 translation table formats.

READ_ONCE() cannot currently be used for 128-bit page table entries on
arm64 because it does not provide the required 128-bit single-copy
atomicity, causing builds to fail for accesses wider than 64 bits.

Although LDP/STP provide the required atomicity when FEAT_LSE is
available (as required by FEAT_D128), extending READ_ONCE() to support
128-bit accesses is undesirable. READ_ONCE() is a general-purpose API,
so doing so could encourage other 128-bit users that would either fail
to build in configurations without D128 support or, if D128 becomes a
runtime option, silently permit tearing on systems without the required
hardware support.

Instead, standardize PGD accesses on the existing page-table helpers.
These can be overridden on arm64 to provide 128-bit single-copy
atomicity when required. No functional change intended.

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts at arm.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
Cc: kasan-dev at googlegroups.com
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual at arm.com>
---
 arch/arm64/mm/fault.c       | 2 +-
 arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c | 2 +-
 arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c  | 6 +++---
 arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c         | 6 +++---
 arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c    | 2 +-
 arch/arm64/mm/trans_pgd.c   | 4 ++--
 6 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index a6afd8929a10..43f25418275a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static void show_pte(unsigned long addr)
 	guard(irqsave)();
 
 	pgdp = pgd_offset(mm, addr);
-	pgd = READ_ONCE(*pgdp);
+	pgd = pgdp_get(pgdp);
 	ptval_to_str(pxd_str, pgd_val(pgd));
 	pr_alert("[%016lx] pgd=%s", addr, pxd_str);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 5771bf49e1fe..e05e5b41ae50 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ pte_t *huge_pte_offset(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	pmd_t *pmdp, pmd;
 
 	pgdp = pgd_offset(mm, addr);
-	if (!pgd_present(READ_ONCE(*pgdp)))
+	if (!pgd_present(pgdp_get(pgdp)))
 		return NULL;
 
 	p4dp = p4d_offset(pgdp, addr);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c
index 4dd8c1186471..f61f5bc09467 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static pud_t *__init kasan_pud_offset(p4d_t *p4dp, unsigned long addr, int node,
 static p4d_t *__init kasan_p4d_offset(pgd_t *pgdp, unsigned long addr, int node,
 				      bool early)
 {
-	if (pgd_none(READ_ONCE(*pgdp))) {
+	if (pgd_none(pgdp_get(pgdp))) {
 		phys_addr_t p4d_phys = early ?
 				__pa_symbol(kasan_early_shadow_p4d)
 					: kasan_alloc_zeroed_page(node);
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int __init root_level_idx(u64 addr)
 static void __init clone_next_level(u64 addr, pgd_t *tmp_pg_dir, pud_t *pud)
 {
 	int idx = root_level_idx(addr);
-	pgd_t pgd = READ_ONCE(swapper_pg_dir[idx]);
+	pgd_t pgd = pgdp_get(swapper_pg_dir + idx);
 	pud_t *pudp = (pud_t *)__phys_to_kimg(__pgd_to_phys(pgd));
 
 	memcpy(pud, pudp, PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static int __init next_level_idx(u64 addr)
  */
 static void __init clear_next_level(int pgd_idx, int start, int end)
 {
-	pgd_t pgd = READ_ONCE(swapper_pg_dir[pgd_idx]);
+	pgd_t pgd = pgdp_get(swapper_pg_dir + pgd_idx);
 	pud_t *pudp = (pud_t *)__phys_to_kimg(__pgd_to_phys(pgd));
 
 	memset(&pudp[start], 0, (end - start) * sizeof(pud_t));
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 83709d987e7c..76d8d320aeed 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static int alloc_init_p4d(pgd_t *pgdp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 {
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long next;
-	pgd_t pgd = READ_ONCE(*pgdp);
+	pgd_t pgd = pgdp_get(pgdp);
 	p4d_t *p4dp;
 
 	if (pgd_none(pgd)) {
@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@ static void unmap_hotplug_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 	do {
 		next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
 		pgdp = pgd_offset_k(addr);
-		pgd = READ_ONCE(*pgdp);
+		pgd = pgdp_get(pgdp);
 		if (pgd_none(pgd))
 			continue;
 
@@ -1827,7 +1827,7 @@ static void free_empty_tables(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 	do {
 		next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
 		pgdp = pgd_offset_k(addr);
-		pgd = READ_ONCE(*pgdp);
+		pgd = pgdp_get(pgdp);
 		if (pgd_none(pgd))
 			continue;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
index 826856ef64a8..dfa1356daac2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ bool kernel_page_present(struct page *page)
 	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)page_address(page);
 
 	pgdp = pgd_offset_k(addr);
-	if (pgd_none(READ_ONCE(*pgdp)))
+	if (pgd_none(pgdp_get(pgdp)))
 		return false;
 
 	p4dp = p4d_offset(pgdp, addr);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/trans_pgd.c b/arch/arm64/mm/trans_pgd.c
index 7afe2beca4ba..06470d690f9f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/trans_pgd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/trans_pgd.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static int copy_p4d(struct trans_pgd_info *info, pgd_t *dst_pgdp,
 	unsigned long next;
 	unsigned long addr = start;
 
-	if (pgd_none(READ_ONCE(*dst_pgdp))) {
+	if (pgd_none(pgdp_get(dst_pgdp))) {
 		dst_p4dp = trans_alloc(info);
 		if (!dst_p4dp)
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int copy_page_tables(struct trans_pgd_info *info, pgd_t *dst_pgdp,
 	dst_pgdp = pgd_offset_pgd(dst_pgdp, start);
 	do {
 		next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
-		if (pgd_none(READ_ONCE(*src_pgdp)))
+		if (pgd_none(pgdp_get(src_pgdp)))
 			continue;
 		if (copy_p4d(info, dst_pgdp, src_pgdp, addr, next))
 			return -ENOMEM;
-- 
2.43.0




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