+ mm-huge_memory-fix-pgtable-withdrawal-for-huge-zero-pmds.patch added to mm-hotfixes-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/huge_memory: fix pgtable withdrawal for huge zero PMDs
has been added to the -mm mm-hotfixes-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     mm-huge_memory-fix-pgtable-withdrawal-for-huge-zero-pmds.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-huge_memory-fix-pgtable-withdrawal-for-huge-zero-pmds.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-hotfixes-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Subject: mm/huge_memory: fix pgtable withdrawal for huge zero PMDs
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:19:42 +0800

has_deposited_pgtable() uses !vma_is_dax() to decide whether a huge zero
PMD has a deposited PTE page table.  That also accepts raw PFN mappings of
huge_zero_pfn, although vmf_insert_pfn_pmd() does not deposit a page table
on x86.

Zapping such a mapping would call pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw() without a
corresponding deposit.  With pmd_huge_pte(mm, pmd) == NULL, that causes a
NULL pointer dereference.

Use vma_is_anonymous() for the huge zero PMD check. This matches how PTE
page tables are allocated, deposited and moved.

- For anonymous page faults that install a huge zero PMD,
  do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page() allocates a PTE page table and
  set_huge_zero_folio() deposits it before installing the PMD.

- On fork, copy_huge_pmd() allocates and deposits a PTE page table when
  copying a huge zero PMD into an anonymous VMA.

- Raw PFN mappings use vmf_insert_pfn_pmd(), and DAX file holes use
  vmf_insert_folio_pmd() to map the huge zero folio. Both use insert_pmd(),
  which deposits a PTE page table only when arch_needs_pgtable_deposit()
  requires it.

- Moving an anonymous huge PMD preserves its deposited PTE page table.
  move_huge_pmd() transfers the deposit when necessary. For UFFD MOVE,
  both VMAs must be anonymous, and move_pages_huge_pmd() transfers the
  deposit as well.

Keep arch_needs_pgtable_deposit() first so architectures that require a
deposited PTE page table still return true regardless of the VMA type.

Commit d80a9cb1a64a ("mm/huge_memory: add and use
normal_or_softleaf_folio_pmd()") removed the vma_is_special_huge() check
in zap_huge_pmd().  That check skipped the huge zero PMD deposit test for
non-DAX VM_PFNMAP and VM_MIXEDMAP mappings.  Removing it exposed these
mappings to the incorrect !vma_is_dax() test.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260913051942.40889-1-lance.yang@linux.dev
Fixes: d80a9cb1a64a ("mm/huge_memory: add and use normal_or_softleaf_folio_pmd()")
Signed-off-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Cc: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
---

 mm/huge_memory.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/huge_memory.c~mm-huge_memory-fix-pgtable-withdrawal-for-huge-zero-pmds
+++ a/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2522,11 +2522,11 @@ static bool has_deposited_pgtable(struct
 		return true;
 
 	/*
-	 * Huge zero always deposited except for DAX which handles itself, see
-	 * set_huge_zero_folio().
+	 * Huge zero PMDs have a deposited page table only for anonymous VMAs,
+	 * see set_huge_zero_folio().
 	 */
 	if (is_huge_zero_pmd(pmdval))
-		return !vma_is_dax(vma);
+		return vma_is_anonymous(vma);
 
 	/*
 	 * Otherwise, only anonymous folios are deposited, see
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from lance.yang@linux.dev are

mm-huge_memory-fix-pgtable-withdrawal-for-huge-zero-pmds.patch