From: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
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Subject: [PATCH 2/3] mm/memory: batch set uffd-wp markers during zapping
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:18:35 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260715111839.1667914-3-dev.jain@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260715111839.1667914-1-dev.jain@arm.com>
Enable batch setting of uffd-wp ptes.
The code paths passing nr > 1 to zap_install_uffd_wp_if_needed() produce
that nr through either folio_pte_batch or swap_pte_batch, therefore
batching is correct:
1) all ptes belong to the same type of VMA (anonymous or non-anonymous,
wp-armed or non-wp-armed)
2) all ptes being marked with uffd-wp or all being not marked (same is the
case with the pte_swp_uffd_wp_any check)
3) uffd_supports_wp_marker() is independent of the function parameters
Note that we will have to use set_pte_at() in a loop instead of set_ptes()
since the latter cannot handle present->non-present conversion for
nr_pages > 1.
Rename the function to cond_install_uffd_wp_ptes.
Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
---
To handle nonpresent->nonpresent transition in the ptes, we can have a
set_nonpresent_ptes() (in my unmap series) : if !softleaf_has_pfn(), use
set the same pte value to all ptep's in the patch. if softleaf_has_pfn(),
then add a softleaf_next_pfn() to construct the next softleaf, and
pte_next_softleaf() to call softleaf_next_pfn() and preserve the
wp bit, s-d bit, etc from the previous pte.
include/linux/mm.h | 6 +++--
mm/memory.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
mm/rmap.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index a71341c44655e..94e0a92bc70b1 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -5406,6 +5406,8 @@ void map_anon_folio_pte_nopf(struct folio *folio, pte_t *pte,
struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
bool uffd_wp);
-bool pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte);
+bool cond_install_uffd_wp_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
+ pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte,
+ unsigned long nr_ptes);
+
#endif /* _LINUX_MM_H */
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 98b3ace15cef2..5d2b567b383d4 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1676,27 +1676,29 @@ static inline bool zap_drop_markers(struct zap_details *details)
}
/**
- * pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed - install uffd-wp marker after clearing a PTE
- * @vma: The VMA the page is mapped into.
- * @addr: Address the page is mapped at.
- * @ptep: Page table pointer for this entry.
+ * cond_install_uffd_wp_ptes - install uffd-wp markers after clearing PTEs
+ * @vma: The VMA the pages are mapped into.
+ * @addr: Address the first page of this batch is mapped at.
+ * @ptep: Page table pointer for the first entry of this batch.
* @pte: Old value of the entry pointed to by @ptep.
+ * @nr_ptes: Number of entries to install.
*
- * If the PTE was write-protected by uffd-wp in any form, arm a special PTE
- * to replace a none PTE. NOTE! This should only be called when the PTE is
- * already cleared so we will never accidentally replace something valuable.
- * Meanwhile none PTEs also mean we are not demoting the PTE so a TLB flush is
- * not needed. E.g., when the PTE was cleared, the caller should have taken care
- * of the TLB flush.
+ * If the PTEs were write-protected by uffd-wp in any form, arm special
+ * PTEs to replace none PTEs. NOTE! This should only be called when the PTEs
+ * are already cleared so we will never accidentally replace something
+ * valuable. Meanwhile none PTEs also mean we are not demoting the PTEs so a
+ * TLB flush is not needed. E.g., when PTEs were cleared, the caller should
+ * have taken care of the TLB flush.
*
- * Must be called with the page table lock held so that no thread will see the
- * none PTE, and if they see it, they'll fault and serialize at the page table
- * lock.
+ * Must be called with the page table lock held so that no thread will see
+ * the none PTEs, and if they see them, they'll fault and serialize at the
+ * page table lock.
*
- * Returns true if an uffd-wp PTE was installed, false otherwise.
+ * Returns true if uffd-wp PTEs were installed, false otherwise.
*/
-bool pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
+bool cond_install_uffd_wp_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte,
+ unsigned long nr_ptes)
{
bool arm_uffd_pte = false;
@@ -1726,13 +1728,14 @@ bool pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (unlikely(pte_swp_uffd_any(pte)))
arm_uffd_pte = true;
- if (unlikely(arm_uffd_pte)) {
+ if (likely(!arm_uffd_pte))
+ return false;
+
+ for (unsigned long i = 0; i < nr_ptes; ++i, ++ptep, addr += PAGE_SIZE)
set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep,
make_pte_marker(PTE_MARKER_UFFD_WP));
- return true;
- }
- return false;
+ return true;
}
/*
@@ -1746,29 +1749,10 @@ zap_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr, pte_t *pte, int nr,
struct zap_details *details, pte_t pteval)
{
- bool was_installed = false;
-
- if (!uffd_supports_wp_marker())
- return false;
-
- /* Zap on anonymous always means dropping everything */
- if (vma_is_anonymous(vma))
- return false;
-
if (zap_drop_markers(details))
return false;
- for (;;) {
- /* the PFN in the PTE is irrelevant. */
- if (pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(vma, addr, pte, pteval))
- was_installed = true;
- if (--nr == 0)
- break;
- pte++;
- addr += PAGE_SIZE;
- }
-
- return was_installed;
+ return cond_install_uffd_wp_ptes(vma, addr, pte, pteval, nr);
}
static __always_inline void zap_present_folio_ptes(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index ad820fe86f7d8..2f938d0ac6953 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -2345,7 +2345,7 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* we may want to replace a none pte with a marker pte if
* it's file-backed, so we don't lose the tracking info.
*/
- pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(vma, address, pvmw.pte, pteval);
+ cond_install_uffd_wp_ptes(vma, address, pvmw.pte, pteval, 1);
/* Update high watermark before we lower rss */
update_hiwater_rss(mm);
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-15 13:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-15 11:18 [PATCH 0/3] Batch unmap of uffd-wp file folios Dev Jain
2026-07-15 11:18 ` [PATCH 1/3] mm/memory: move pte_install_uffd_wp_if_needed() into memory.c Dev Jain
2026-07-15 11:18 ` Dev Jain [this message]
2026-07-15 11:18 ` [PATCH 3/3] mm/rmap: batch unmap file folios belonging to uffd-wp VMAs Dev Jain
2026-07-15 18:58 ` [PATCH 0/3] Batch unmap of uffd-wp file folios Andrew Morton
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