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From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>,
	Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>,
	John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
	Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org>,
	WANG Xuerui <kernel@xen0n.name>,
	linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-csky@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-hexagon@vger.kernel.org, loongarch@lists.linux.dev,
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	linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC V2 4/6] sh/mm: Stop using [p4d|pud|pmd]_ERROR()
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:21:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <94b52871-9cfc-42d6-b30f-545b722e71a0@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260811042119.3652929-5-anshuman.khandual@arm.com>

On 8/11/26 06:21, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> Stop using [p4d|pud|pmd]_ERROR() in __get_pte_phys() as the pgtable entries
> are known to be NULL and hence could not really be accessed.
> 
> Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
> Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
> Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
> Cc: linux-sh@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
> ---
>  arch/sh/mm/init.c | 12 +++---------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/init.c b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
> index b3c7fd84ceb4..0bb8555568a4 100644
> --- a/arch/sh/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
> @@ -58,22 +58,16 @@ static pte_t *__get_pte_phys(unsigned long addr)
>  	}
>  
>  	p4d = p4d_alloc(NULL, pgd, addr);
> -	if (unlikely(!p4d)) {
> -		p4d_ERROR(*p4d);
> +	if (unlikely(!p4d))
>  		return NULL;
> -	}
>  
>  	pud = pud_alloc(NULL, p4d, addr);
> -	if (unlikely(!pud)) {
> -		pud_ERROR(*pud);
> +	if (unlikely(!pud))
>  		return NULL;
> -	}
>  
>  	pmd = pmd_alloc(NULL, pud, addr);
> -	if (unlikely(!pmd)) {
> -		pmd_ERROR(*pmd);
> +	if (unlikely(!pmd))
>  		return NULL;
> -	}
>  
>  	return pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
>  }

Do we want to print an error like "allocating p4d table failed"?

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>

-- 
Cheers,

David

  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-12 11:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-11  4:21 [RFC V2 0/6] mm: Drop pxd_ERROR() Anshuman Khandual
2026-08-11  4:21 ` [RFC V2 1/6] loongarch/mm: Stop using pte_ERROR() Anshuman Khandual
2026-08-12 11:19   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-12 11:27     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-11  4:21 ` [RFC V2 2/6] parisc/mm: Directly use generic [pmd|pgd]_clear_bad() Anshuman Khandual
2026-08-12 11:16   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-11  4:21 ` [RFC V2 3/6] sh/mm: Stop using pte_ERROR() Anshuman Khandual
2026-08-12 11:28   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-11  4:21 ` [RFC V2 4/6] sh/mm: Stop using [p4d|pud|pmd]_ERROR() Anshuman Khandual
2026-08-12 11:21   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
2026-08-11  4:21 ` [RFC V2 5/6] sh/mm: Stop using pgd_ERROR() Anshuman Khandual
2026-08-12 11:28   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-11  4:21 ` [RFC V2 6/6] mm: Drop pxd_ERROR() Anshuman Khandual
2026-08-11  6:49   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-08-11  8:34     ` Anshuman Khandual
2026-08-12 11:33   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)

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