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[PATCH RFC 06/11] mm/kasan: use hw_pte_t for the early shadow PTE table
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- From: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:46:57 +0100
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- Cc: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-parisc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, kasan-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-trace-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, bpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-perf-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, damon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Delivery-date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:55:51 +0000
- List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>
kasan_early_shadow_pte is a complete PTE table rather than a
standalone PTE value. Declare and define its elements as hw_pte_t so
the object uses the PTE table storage type.
Read the first element through ptep_get(), which returns the logical
pte_t value expected by note_page_pte(), instead of accessing hw_pte_t
storage directly. This also uses the accessor selected by the
architecture.
The generic hw_pte_t remains an alias of pte_t, so the storage
representation is unchanged.
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kasan.h | 2 +-
mm/kasan/init.c | 2 +-
mm/ptdump.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/kasan.h b/include/linux/kasan.h
index bf233bde68c7e..ff41949c0ac08 100644
--- a/include/linux/kasan.h
+++ b/include/linux/kasan.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ typedef unsigned int __bitwise kasan_vmalloc_flags_t;
#endif
extern unsigned char kasan_early_shadow_page[PAGE_SIZE];
-extern pte_t kasan_early_shadow_pte[MAX_PTRS_PER_PTE + PTE_HWTABLE_PTRS];
+extern hw_pte_t kasan_early_shadow_pte[MAX_PTRS_PER_PTE + PTE_HWTABLE_PTRS];
extern pmd_t kasan_early_shadow_pmd[MAX_PTRS_PER_PMD];
extern pud_t kasan_early_shadow_pud[MAX_PTRS_PER_PUD];
extern p4d_t kasan_early_shadow_p4d[MAX_PTRS_PER_P4D];
diff --git a/mm/kasan/init.c b/mm/kasan/init.c
index 30c5266eaf37e..9bbc2a41d23f0 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/init.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/init.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static inline bool kasan_pmd_table(pud_t pud)
return false;
}
#endif
-pte_t kasan_early_shadow_pte[MAX_PTRS_PER_PTE + PTE_HWTABLE_PTRS]
+hw_pte_t kasan_early_shadow_pte[MAX_PTRS_PER_PTE + PTE_HWTABLE_PTRS]
__bss_pgtbl;
static inline bool kasan_pte_table(pmd_t pmd)
diff --git a/mm/ptdump.c b/mm/ptdump.c
index 376880071ca2a..8f19f20be3c44 100644
--- a/mm/ptdump.c
+++ b/mm/ptdump.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static inline int note_kasan_page_table(struct mm_walk *walk,
{
struct ptdump_state *st = walk->private;
- st->note_page_pte(st, addr, kasan_early_shadow_pte[0]);
+ st->note_page_pte(st, addr, ptep_get(kasan_early_shadow_pte));
walk->action = ACTION_CONTINUE;
--
2.47.3
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