On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 09:42:44PM -0700, Hugh Dickins wrote: > diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c b/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c > index e4c2677cc1e9..2f6163f05e93 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c > +++ b/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c > @@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ pin_page_for_write(const void __user *_addr, pte_t **ptep, spinlock_t **ptlp) > return 0; > > pte = pte_offset_map_lock(current->mm, pmd, addr, &ptl); > + if (unlikely(!pte)) > + return 0; Failing seems like the wrong thig to do if we transitioned from a PTE to PMD here? Looks to me like we should goto a new label right after the 'pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);', no?