[PATCH] riscv: mm: Pre-allocate module page tables for execmem

Karl Mehltretter kmehltretter at gmail.com
Wed Oct 14 20:36:43 PDT 2026


RV64 pre-allocates page-table levels for late kernel mappings. The module
range is guarded by CONFIG_MODULES, although execmem can use it without
modules.

With CONFIG_BPF_JIT=y and CONFIG_MODULES=n, execmem adds a mapping to
init_mm while the current process retains an empty PGD entry. Initializing
a BPF program pack then faults:

  Unable to handle kernel paging request ...
  [ffffffff78000000] pgd=0000000000000000
  ...
  bpf_jit_fill_hole_with_zero
  bpf_prog_pack_alloc

Use CONFIG_EXECMEM for the module-range pre-allocation, as powerpc does
for its execmem page-table setup. Both CONFIG_MODULES and CONFIG_BPF_JIT
select it.

Fixes: 2c9e5d4a0082 ("bpf: remove CONFIG_BPF_JIT dependency on CONFIG_MODULES of")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter at gmail.com>
---

Notes:
    Tested on a BeagleV Ahead with matched LLVM 18.1.3 builds based on
    v7.3-rc7:
    
    - unpatched: a native XDP attach triggered the Oops above
    - patched: native XDP attach and detach completed without an Oops

 arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index fb37b0b67efe..d92342c162e2 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@ static void __init preallocate_pgd_pages_range(unsigned long start, unsigned lon
 void __init pgtable_cache_init(void)
 {
 	preallocate_pgd_pages_range(VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END, "vmalloc");
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULES))
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EXECMEM))
 		preallocate_pgd_pages_range(MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END, "bpf/modules");
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG)) {
 		preallocate_pgd_pages_range(VMEMMAP_START, VMEMMAP_END, "vmemmap");
-- 
2.43.0




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