From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,ryan.roberts@arm.com,david@kernel.org,agordeev@linux.ibm.com,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: + mm-use-proper-pte-accessor-in-move_ptes.patch added to mm-new branch
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:35:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260730223546.6E9AC1F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The patch titled
Subject: mm: use proper PTE accessor in move_ptes()
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch. Its filename is
mm-use-proper-pte-accessor-in-move_ptes.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-use-proper-pte-accessor-in-move_ptes.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-new branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: mm: use proper PTE accessor in move_ptes()
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:16:33 +0200
Follow the pattern established by commit c33c794828f2 ("mm: ptep_get()
conversion") and use the proper PTE accessor instead of a direct pointer
dereference.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260720141633.501799-1-agordeev@linux.ibm.com
Fixes: b36b701bbcd9 ("mm: expose abnormal new_pte during move_ptes")
Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
mm/mremap.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/mm/mremap.c~mm-use-proper-pte-accessor-in-move_ptes
+++ a/mm/mremap.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static int move_ptes(struct pagetable_mo
for (; old_addr < old_end; old_ptep += nr_ptes, old_addr += nr_ptes * PAGE_SIZE,
new_ptep += nr_ptes, new_addr += nr_ptes * PAGE_SIZE) {
- VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pte_none(*new_ptep));
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!pte_none(ptep_get(new_ptep)));
nr_ptes = 1;
max_nr_ptes = (old_end - old_addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from agordeev@linux.ibm.com are
mm-use-proper-pte-accessor-in-move_ptes.patch
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