From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@google.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, will@kernel.org,
catalin.marinas@arm.com, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>,
Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/5] arm64: mm: Defer remap of linear alias of data/bss
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 17:11:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260604151151.150377-12-ardb+git@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260604151151.150377-7-ardb+git@google.com>
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Marking the linear alias of data/bss invalid involves calling
set_memory_valid(), which calls split_kernel_leaf_mapping() under the
hood.
On BBML2_NOABORT capable systems, this may result in the need to
allocate page tables at a time when the generic memory allocation APIs
are not yet available, resulting in a splat like
WARNING: arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c:821 at split_kernel_leaf_mapping+0x15c/0x170, CPU#0: swapper/0
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 7.1.0-rc6 #1 PREEMPT(undef)
pstate: a04000c9 (NzCv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : split_kernel_leaf_mapping+0x15c/0x170
lr : update_range_prot+0x40/0x128
sp : ffffc99ad3863c80
...
Call trace:
split_kernel_leaf_mapping+0x15c/0x170 (P)
update_range_prot+0x40/0x128
set_memory_valid+0x94/0xe0
mark_linear_data_alias_valid+0x54/0x68
map_mem+0x1fc/0x240
paging_init+0x48/0x210
setup_arch+0x274/0x338
start_kernel+0x98/0x538
__primary_switched+0x88/0x98
as reported by CKI automated testing.
So defer the boot-time call to mark_linear_data_alias_valid() to a later
time when page allocations can be made normally.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index d68e691c093a..3134f1c1097c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -1095,6 +1095,9 @@ void __init mark_linear_text_alias_ro(void)
(unsigned long)__init_begin - (unsigned long)_text,
PAGE_KERNEL_RO);
+ /* Map the kernel data/bss as invalid in the linear map */
+ mark_linear_data_alias_valid(false);
+
/*
* Register a PM notifier to remap the linear alias of data/bss as
* valid read-only before hibernation. This is needed because the
@@ -1237,9 +1240,6 @@ static void __init map_mem(void)
__map_memblock(start, end, pgprot_tagged(PAGE_KERNEL),
flags);
}
-
- /* Map the kernel data/bss as invalid in the linear map */
- mark_linear_data_alias_valid(false);
}
void mark_rodata_ro(void)
--
2.54.0.1032.g2f8565e1d1-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-04 15:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-04 15:11 [PATCH v2 0/5] fixes for data/bss linear alias unmap series Ard Biesheuvel
2026-06-04 15:11 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] arm64: Rename page table BSS section to .bss..pgtbl Ard Biesheuvel
2026-06-04 16:09 ` Mark Brown
2026-06-04 15:11 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] kasan: Move generic KASAN page tables out of BSS too Ard Biesheuvel
2026-06-04 15:11 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] arm64: Avoid double evaluation of __ptep_get() Ard Biesheuvel
2026-06-04 15:11 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] KVM: arm64: Omit tag sync on stage-2 mappings of the zero page Ard Biesheuvel
2026-06-04 16:50 ` Catalin Marinas
2026-06-05 16:18 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-06-04 15:11 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2026-06-05 16:43 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] fixes for data/bss linear alias unmap series Will Deacon
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