The patch titled
Subject: mm: pagewalk: allow walk_page_range_novma() without mm
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-pagewalk-allow-walk_page_range_novma-without-mm.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-pagewalk-allow-walk_page_range_novma-without-mm.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Rolf Eike Beer <eb@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: pagewalk: allow walk_page_range_novma() without mm
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 15:03:29 +0200
Since e47690d756a7 ("x86: mm: avoid allocating struct mm_struct on the
stack") a pgd can be passed to walk_page_range_novma(). In case it is set
no place in the pagewalk code use the walk.mm anymore, so permit to pass a
NULL mm instead. It is up to the caller to ensure proper locking on the
pgd in this case.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/5760214.MhkbZ0Pkbq@devpool047
Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eb@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/pagewalk.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/pagewalk.c~mm-pagewalk-allow-walk_page_range_novma-without-mm
+++ a/mm/pagewalk.c
@@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ int walk_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm
* not backed by VMAs. Because 'unusual' entries may be walked this function
* will also not lock the PTEs for the pte_entry() callback. This is useful for
* walking the kernel pages tables or page tables for firmware.
+ *
+ * Either mm or pgd may be NULL, but not both.
*/
int walk_page_range_novma(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
unsigned long end, const struct mm_walk_ops *ops,
@@ -520,10 +522,11 @@ int walk_page_range_novma(struct mm_stru
.no_vma = true
};
- if (start >= end || !walk.mm)
+ if (start >= end || (!walk.mm && !walk.pgd))
return -EINVAL;
- mmap_assert_locked(walk.mm);
+ if (walk.mm)
+ mmap_assert_locked(walk.mm);
return walk_pgd_range(start, end, &walk);
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from eb@xxxxxxxxx are
mm-pagewalk-make-error-checks-more-obvious.patch
mm-pagewalk-dont-check-vma-in-walk_page_range_novma.patch
mm-pagewalk-fix-documentation-of-pte-hole-handling.patch
mm-pagewalk-add-api-documentation-for-walk_page_range_novma.patch
mm-pagewalk-allow-walk_page_range_novma-without-mm.patch
mm-pagewalk-move-variables-to-more-local-scope-tweak-loops.patch
