The patch titled Subject: arm64/mm: convert ptep_clear() to ptep_get_and_clear() has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is arm64-mm-convert-ptep_clear-to-ptep_get_and_clear.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/arm64-mm-convert-ptep_clear-to-ptep_get_and_clear.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx> Subject: arm64/mm: convert ptep_clear() to ptep_get_and_clear() Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:31:56 +0000 ptep_clear() is a generic wrapper around the arch-implemented ptep_get_and_clear(). We are about to convert ptep_get_and_clear() into a public version and private version (__ptep_get_and_clear()) to support the transparent contpte work. We won't have a private version of ptep_clear() so let's convert it to directly call ptep_get_and_clear(). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240215103205.2607016-10-ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx> Tested-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Barry Song <21cnbao@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx> Cc: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yang Shi <shy828301@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c~arm64-mm-convert-ptep_clear-to-ptep_get_and_clear +++ a/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static void clear_flush(struct mm_struct unsigned long i, saddr = addr; for (i = 0; i < ncontig; i++, addr += pgsize, ptep++) - ptep_clear(mm, addr, ptep); + ptep_get_and_clear(mm, addr, ptep); flush_tlb_range(&vma, saddr, addr); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx are tools-mm-add-thpmaps-script-to-dump-thp-usage-info.patch arm64-mm-make-set_ptes-robust-when-oas-cross-48-bit-boundary.patch mm-clarify-the-spec-for-set_ptes.patch mm-thp-batch-collapse-pmd-with-set_ptes.patch mm-introduce-pte_advance_pfn-and-use-for-pte_next_pfn.patch arm64-mm-convert-pte_next_pfn-to-pte_advance_pfn.patch x86-mm-convert-pte_next_pfn-to-pte_advance_pfn.patch mm-tidy-up-pte_next_pfn-definition.patch arm64-mm-convert-read_onceptep-to-ptep_getptep.patch arm64-mm-convert-set_pte_at-to-set_ptes-1.patch arm64-mm-convert-ptep_clear-to-ptep_get_and_clear.patch arm64-mm-new-ptep-layer-to-manage-contig-bit.patch arm64-mm-split-__flush_tlb_range-to-elide-trailing-dsb.patch arm64-mm-wire-up-pte_cont-for-user-mappings.patch arm64-mm-implement-new-wrprotect_ptes-batch-api.patch arm64-mm-implement-new-clear_full_ptes-batch-apis.patch mm-add-pte_batch_hint-to-reduce-scanning-in-folio_pte_batch.patch arm64-mm-implement-pte_batch_hint.patch arm64-mm-__always_inline-to-improve-fork-perf.patch arm64-mm-automatically-fold-contpte-mappings.patch