[PATCH v11 1/5] mm: softdirty: Add pgtable_soft_dirty_supported()

Chunyan Zhang zhangchunyan at iscas.ac.cn
Thu Sep 11 02:55:58 PDT 2025


Some platforms can customize the PTE PMD entry soft-dirty bit making it
unavailable even if the architecture provides the resource.

Add an API which architectures can define their specific implementations
to detect if soft-dirty bit is available on which device the kernel is
running.

Signed-off-by: Chunyan Zhang <zhangchunyan at iscas.ac.cn>
---
 fs/proc/task_mmu.c      | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 include/linux/pgtable.h | 12 ++++++++++++
 mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c   | 10 +++++-----
 mm/huge_memory.c        | 13 +++++++------
 mm/internal.h           |  2 +-
 mm/mremap.c             | 13 +++++++------
 mm/userfaultfd.c        | 10 ++++------
 7 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 29cca0e6d0ff..9e8083b6d4cd 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ static void show_smap_vma_flags(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	 * -Werror=unterminated-string-initialization warning
 	 *  with GCC 15
 	 */
-	static const char mnemonics[BITS_PER_LONG][3] = {
+	static char mnemonics[BITS_PER_LONG][3] = {
 		/*
 		 * In case if we meet a flag we don't know about.
 		 */
@@ -1129,6 +1129,16 @@ static void show_smap_vma_flags(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		[ilog2(VM_SEALED)] = "sl",
 #endif
 	};
+/*
+ * We should remove the VM_SOFTDIRTY flag if the soft-dirty bit is
+ * unavailable on which the kernel is running, even if the architecture
+ * provides the resource and soft-dirty is compiled in.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY
+	if (!pgtable_soft_dirty_supported())
+		mnemonics[ilog2(VM_SOFTDIRTY)][0] = 0;
+#endif
+
 	size_t i;
 
 	seq_puts(m, "VmFlags: ");
@@ -1531,6 +1541,8 @@ static inline bool pte_is_pinned(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 static inline void clear_soft_dirty(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long addr, pte_t *pte)
 {
+	if (!pgtable_soft_dirty_supported())
+		return;
 	/*
 	 * The soft-dirty tracker uses #PF-s to catch writes
 	 * to pages, so write-protect the pte as well. See the
@@ -1566,6 +1578,9 @@ static inline void clear_soft_dirty_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 {
 	pmd_t old, pmd = *pmdp;
 
+	if (!pgtable_soft_dirty_supported())
+		return;
+
 	if (pmd_present(pmd)) {
 		/* See comment in change_huge_pmd() */
 		old = pmdp_invalidate(vma, addr, pmdp);
diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index 4c035637eeb7..2a3578a4ae4c 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -1537,6 +1537,18 @@ static inline pgprot_t pgprot_modify(pgprot_t oldprot, pgprot_t newprot)
 #define arch_start_context_switch(prev)	do {} while (0)
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Some platforms can customize the PTE soft-dirty bit making it unavailable
+ * even if the architecture provides the resource.
+ * Adding this API allows architectures to add their own checks for the
+ * devices on which the kernel is running.
+ * Note: When overiding it, please make sure the CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY
+ * is part of this macro.
+ */
+#ifndef pgtable_soft_dirty_supported
+#define pgtable_soft_dirty_supported()	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY)
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY
 #ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION
 static inline pmd_t pmd_swp_mksoft_dirty(pmd_t pmd)
diff --git a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
index 830107b6dd08..b32ce2b0b998 100644
--- a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
+++ b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ static void __init pte_soft_dirty_tests(struct pgtable_debug_args *args)
 {
 	pte_t pte = pfn_pte(args->fixed_pte_pfn, args->page_prot);
 
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY))
+	if (!pgtable_soft_dirty_supported())
 		return;
 
 	pr_debug("Validating PTE soft dirty\n");
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ static void __init pte_swap_soft_dirty_tests(struct pgtable_debug_args *args)
 {
 	pte_t pte;
 
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY))
+	if (!pgtable_soft_dirty_supported())
 		return;
 
 	pr_debug("Validating PTE swap soft dirty\n");
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ static void __init pmd_soft_dirty_tests(struct pgtable_debug_args *args)
 {
 	pmd_t pmd;
 
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY))
+	if (!pgtable_soft_dirty_supported())
 		return;
 
 	if (!has_transparent_hugepage())
@@ -734,8 +734,8 @@ static void __init pmd_swap_soft_dirty_tests(struct pgtable_debug_args *args)
 {
 	pmd_t pmd;
 
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY) ||
-		!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION))
+	if (!pgtable_soft_dirty_supported() ||
+	    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION))
 		return;
 
 	if (!has_transparent_hugepage())
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 9c38a95e9f09..218d430a2ec6 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2271,12 +2271,13 @@ static inline int pmd_move_must_withdraw(spinlock_t *new_pmd_ptl,
 
 static pmd_t move_soft_dirty_pmd(pmd_t pmd)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY
-	if (unlikely(is_pmd_migration_entry(pmd)))
-		pmd = pmd_swp_mksoft_dirty(pmd);
-	else if (pmd_present(pmd))
-		pmd = pmd_mksoft_dirty(pmd);
-#endif
+	if (pgtable_soft_dirty_supported()) {
+		if (unlikely(is_pmd_migration_entry(pmd)))
+			pmd = pmd_swp_mksoft_dirty(pmd);
+		else if (pmd_present(pmd))
+			pmd = pmd_mksoft_dirty(pmd);
+	}
+
 	return pmd;
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 45b725c3dc03..c6ca62f8ecf3 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ static inline bool vma_soft_dirty_enabled(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	 * VM_SOFTDIRTY is defined as 0x0, then !(vm_flags & VM_SOFTDIRTY)
 	 * will be constantly true.
 	 */
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY))
+	if (!pgtable_soft_dirty_supported())
 		return false;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index e618a706aff5..7beb3114dbf5 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -162,12 +162,13 @@ static pte_t move_soft_dirty_pte(pte_t pte)
 	 * Set soft dirty bit so we can notice
 	 * in userspace the ptes were moved.
 	 */
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY
-	if (pte_present(pte))
-		pte = pte_mksoft_dirty(pte);
-	else if (is_swap_pte(pte))
-		pte = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(pte);
-#endif
+	if (pgtable_soft_dirty_supported()) {
+		if (pte_present(pte))
+			pte = pte_mksoft_dirty(pte);
+		else if (is_swap_pte(pte))
+			pte = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(pte);
+	}
+
 	return pte;
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
index 45e6290e2e8b..85f43479b67a 100644
--- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -1065,9 +1065,8 @@ static int move_present_pte(struct mm_struct *mm,
 
 	orig_dst_pte = folio_mk_pte(src_folio, dst_vma->vm_page_prot);
 	/* Set soft dirty bit so userspace can notice the pte was moved */
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY
-	orig_dst_pte = pte_mksoft_dirty(orig_dst_pte);
-#endif
+	if (pgtable_soft_dirty_supported())
+		orig_dst_pte = pte_mksoft_dirty(orig_dst_pte);
 	if (pte_dirty(orig_src_pte))
 		orig_dst_pte = pte_mkdirty(orig_dst_pte);
 	orig_dst_pte = pte_mkwrite(orig_dst_pte, dst_vma);
@@ -1134,9 +1133,8 @@ static int move_swap_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma,
 	}
 
 	orig_src_pte = ptep_get_and_clear(mm, src_addr, src_pte);
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY
-	orig_src_pte = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(orig_src_pte);
-#endif
+	if (pgtable_soft_dirty_supported())
+		orig_src_pte = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(orig_src_pte);
 	set_pte_at(mm, dst_addr, dst_pte, orig_src_pte);
 	double_pt_unlock(dst_ptl, src_ptl);
 
-- 
2.34.1




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