Subject: [PATCH v4 11/13] mm/debug_vm_pgtable/pmd_clear: Don't use pmd/pud_clear on pte entries

From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2020 17:12:20 +0530

pmd_clear() should not be used to clear pmd level pte entries.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <[email-masked]>
---
 mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
index 26023d990bd0..b53903fdee85 100644
--- a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
+++ b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ static void __init pmd_advanced_tests(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	pmd = READ_ONCE(*pmdp);
 	WARN_ON(pmd_young(pmd));
 
+	/*  Clear the pte entries  */
+	pmdp_huge_get_and_clear(mm, vaddr, pmdp);
 	pgtable = pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(mm, pmdp);
 }
 
@@ -319,6 +321,8 @@ static void __init pud_advanced_tests(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	pudp_test_and_clear_young(vma, vaddr, pudp);
 	pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
 	WARN_ON(pud_young(pud));
+
+	pudp_huge_get_and_clear(mm, vaddr, pudp);
 }
 
 static void __init pud_leaf_tests(unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t prot)
@@ -442,8 +446,6 @@ static void __init pud_populate_tests(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pudp,
 	 * This entry points to next level page table page.
 	 * Hence this must not qualify as pud_bad().
 	 */
-	pmd_clear(pmdp);
-	pud_clear(pudp);
 	pud_populate(mm, pudp, pmdp);
 	pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
 	WARN_ON(pud_bad(pud));
@@ -575,7 +577,6 @@ static void __init pmd_populate_tests(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp,
 	 * This entry points to next level page table page.
 	 * Hence this must not qualify as pmd_bad().
 	 */
-	pmd_clear(pmdp);
 	pmd_populate(mm, pmdp, pgtable);
 	pmd = READ_ONCE(*pmdp);
 	WARN_ON(pmd_bad(pmd));
-- 
2.26.2