From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Jianpeng Chang <jianpeng.chang.cn@windriver.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com>,
Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.1.y 2/2] arm64: mm: Add PTE_DIRTY back to PAGE_KERNEL* to fix kexec/hibernation
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:51:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260318115146.638253-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260318115146.638253-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
[ Upstream commit c25c4aa3f79a488cc270507935a29c07dc6bddfc ]
Commit 143937ca51cc ("arm64, mm: avoid always making PTE dirty in
pte_mkwrite()") changed pte_mkwrite_novma() to only clear PTE_RDONLY
when PTE_DIRTY is set. This was to allow writable-clean PTEs for swap
pages that haven't actually been written.
However, this broke kexec and hibernation for some platforms. Both go
through trans_pgd_create_copy() -> _copy_pte(), which calls
pte_mkwrite_novma() to make the temporary linear-map copy fully
writable. With the updated pte_mkwrite_novma(), read-only kernel pages
(without PTE_DIRTY) remain read-only in the temporary mapping.
While such behaviour is fine for user pages where hardware DBM or
trapping will make them writeable, subsequent in-kernel writes by the
kexec relocation code will fault.
Add PTE_DIRTY back to all _PAGE_KERNEL* protection definitions. This was
the case prior to 5.4, commit aa57157be69f ("arm64: Ensure
VM_WRITE|VM_SHARED ptes are clean by default"). With the kernel
linear-map PTEs always having PTE_DIRTY set, pte_mkwrite_novma()
correctly clears PTE_RDONLY.
Fixes: 143937ca51cc ("arm64, mm: avoid always making PTE dirty in pte_mkwrite()")
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Jianpeng Chang <jianpeng.chang.cn@windriver.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251204062722.3367201-1-jianpeng.chang.cn@windriver.com
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Huang, Ying <ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Reviewed-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h
index 82bfd88a2e4ea..b305deb1deb84 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
#define _PAGE_DEFAULT (_PROT_DEFAULT | PTE_ATTRINDX(MT_NORMAL))
-#define _PAGE_KERNEL (PROT_NORMAL)
-#define _PAGE_KERNEL_RO ((PROT_NORMAL & ~PTE_WRITE) | PTE_RDONLY)
-#define _PAGE_KERNEL_ROX ((PROT_NORMAL & ~(PTE_WRITE | PTE_PXN)) | PTE_RDONLY)
-#define _PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC (PROT_NORMAL & ~PTE_PXN)
-#define _PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC_CONT ((PROT_NORMAL & ~PTE_PXN) | PTE_CONT)
+#define _PAGE_KERNEL (PROT_NORMAL | PTE_DIRTY)
+#define _PAGE_KERNEL_RO ((PROT_NORMAL & ~PTE_WRITE) | PTE_RDONLY | PTE_DIRTY)
+#define _PAGE_KERNEL_ROX ((PROT_NORMAL & ~(PTE_WRITE | PTE_PXN)) | PTE_RDONLY | PTE_DIRTY)
+#define _PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC ((PROT_NORMAL & ~PTE_PXN) | PTE_DIRTY)
+#define _PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC_CONT ((PROT_NORMAL & ~PTE_PXN) | PTE_CONT | PTE_DIRTY)
#define _PAGE_SHARED (_PAGE_DEFAULT | PTE_USER | PTE_RDONLY | PTE_NG | PTE_PXN | PTE_UXN | PTE_WRITE)
#define _PAGE_SHARED_EXEC (_PAGE_DEFAULT | PTE_USER | PTE_RDONLY | PTE_NG | PTE_PXN | PTE_WRITE)
--
2.51.0
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2026-03-17 12:02 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] arm64: mm: Add PTE_DIRTY back to PAGE_KERNEL* to fix" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree gregkh
2026-03-18 11:51 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 1/2] arm64: reorganise PAGE_/PROT_ macros Sasha Levin
2026-03-18 11:51 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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