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Since [1], constructors/destructors are expected to be called for all page table pages, at all levels and for both user and kernel pgtables. There is however one glaring exception: kernel PTEs are managed via separate helpers (pte_alloc_kernel/pte_free_kernel), which do not call the [cd]tor, at least not in the generic implementation. The most obvious reason for this anomaly is that init_mm is special-cased not to use split page table locks. As a result calling ptlock_init() for PTEs associated with init_mm would be wasteful, potentially resulting in dynamic memory allocation. However, pgtable [cd]tors perform other actions - currently related to accounting/statistics, and potentially more functionally significant in the future. Now that pagetable_pte_ctor() is passed the associated mm, we can make it skip the call to ptlock_init() for init_mm; this allows us to call the ctor from pte_alloc_one_kernel() too. This is matched by a call to the pgtable destructor in pte_free_kernel(); no special-casing is needed on that path, as ptlock_free() is already called unconditionally. (ptlock_free() is a no-op unless a ptlock was allocated for the given PTP.) This patch ensures that all architectures that rely on <asm-generic/pgalloc.h> call the [cd]tor for kernel PTEs. pte_free_kernel() cannot be overridden so changing the generic implementation is sufficient. pte_alloc_one_kernel() can be overridden using __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_ALLOC_ONE_KERNEL, and a few architectures implement it by calling the page allocator directly. We amend those so that they call the generic __pte_alloc_one_kernel() instead, if possible, ensuring that the ctor is called. A few architectures do not use <asm-generic/pgalloc.h>; those will be taken care of separately. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20250103184415.2744423-1-kevin.brodsky@arm.com/ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250408095222.860601-4-kevin.brodsky@arm.com Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com> # s390 Cc: Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu> Cc: Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Cc: Linus Waleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com> Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com> Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: <x86@kernel.org> Cc: Yang Shi <yang@os.amperecomputing.com> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.