Re: [RFC] mm: Drop pxd_ERROR()

On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 01:36:39PM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> pxd_ERROR() has been used in generic mm just to print the page table entry
> in pxd_clear_bad() before clearing those out with pxd_clear() later. These
> pxd_ERROR() macros have been provided by all platforms which basically did
> the same thing.
> 
> Make pxd_clear_bad() use recently added ptval_to_str() instead for printing
> page table entries thus completely dropping dependency on platform provided
> pxd_ERROR() macros which can then be dropped off. First move all required
> helpers in core MM into a header file which could then be used else where.
> 
> Although some platforms still use those macros internally as well. In which
> case just move these macros inside the platform for now.
> 
> Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <[email protected]>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> 
> Cc: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <[email protected]>
> ---
> This applies on v7.2-rc6 but after the following patch
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
> 
> Would it also make sense to just drop __FILE__ and __LINE__ from the output
> in pxd_clear_bad() helpers as they always print the same details regardless
> the error path and does not add much value.

Maybe replace them with the caller address?
 
> Build tested for various architectures.
> 
>  arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h              |  7 ----
>  arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable-levels.h         | 11 -----
>  arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h                |  7 ----
>  arch/arm/kernel/traps.c                       | 17 --------
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h              | 15 -------
>  arch/csky/include/asm/pgtable.h               |  4 --
>  arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgtable.h            |  3 --
>  arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h          | 10 -----
>  arch/m68k/include/asm/mcf_pgtable.h           |  6 ---
>  arch/m68k/include/asm/motorola_pgtable.h      |  8 ----
>  arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3_pgtable.h          |  7 ----
>  arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h         |  7 ----
>  arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-32.h            | 10 -----
>  arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-64.h            | 13 ------
>  arch/nios2/include/asm/pgtable.h              |  7 ----
>  arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgtable.h           |  7 ----
>  arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h             |  3 +-
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/pgtable.h  |  2 -
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h  |  7 ----
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pgtable.h  |  2 -
>  .../include/asm/nohash/64/pgtable-4k.h        |  3 --
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgtable.h  |  5 ---
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable-64.h           |  9 ----
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h              |  4 --
>  arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h               | 11 -----
>  arch/sh/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h          |  6 +++
>  arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_32.h           |  3 --
>  arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h           | 10 -----
>  arch/um/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h          |  7 ----
>  arch/um/include/asm/pgtable-4level.h          | 13 ------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h         |  5 ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h         | 11 -----
>  arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h             | 18 --------
>  arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgtable.h             |  4 --
>  include/asm-generic/pgtable-nop4d.h           |  1 -
>  include/asm-generic/pgtable-nopmd.h           |  1 -
>  include/asm-generic/pgtable-nopud.h           |  1 -
>  include/linux/mm_types.h                      | 40 ++++++++++++++++++
>  mm/memory.c                                   | 41 +------------------
>  mm/pgtable-generic.c                          | 21 ++++++++--
>  40 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 302 deletions(-)

This is nice :)
 
> diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h
> index 467b8547ac8b..cca30bf11b4c 100644
> --- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h
> +++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h
> @@ -75,12 +75,11 @@ extern void __update_cache(pte_t pte);
>  
>  #endif /* !__ASSEMBLER__ */
>  
> -#define pte_ERROR(e) \
> -	printk("%s:%d: bad pte %08lx.\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, pte_val(e))
>  #if CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS == 3
>  #define pmd_ERROR(e) \
>  	printk("%s:%d: bad pmd %08lx.\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, (unsigned long)pmd_val(e))
>  #endif
> +

Stray whitespace change?

>  #define pgd_ERROR(e) \
>  	printk("%s:%d: bad pgd %08lx.\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, (unsigned long)pgd_val(e))
>  
> diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h
> index d1ce73f3bd85..3cfbec15de2f 100644
> --- a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h
> +++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h
> @@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
>  #define pmd_ERROR(e) \
>  	printk("%s:%d: bad pmd %016llx.\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, pmd_val(e))
>  
> +#define pud_ERROR(e) \
> +	printk("%s:%d: bad pud %016llx.\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, pud_val(e))
> +
> +#define p4d_ERROR(e) \
> +	printk("%s:%d: bad p4d %016llx.\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, p4d_val(e))
> +

I'd expect that all arch changes would only remove code. Why sh needs
those?

>  typedef union {
>  	struct {
>  		unsigned long pmd_low;
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> index b18c2b2e7d2c..1025b9140c0b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> @@ -2001,4 +2001,44 @@ static inline unsigned long mmf_init_legacy_flags(unsigned long flags)
>  	return flags & MMF_INIT_LEGACY_MASK;
>  }
>  
> +static inline void ptval_bytes_to_hex_str(char *buf, size_t buf_size, const void *entry, size_t entry_size)

include/linux/pgtable.h seems more natural home for this

> +{
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(buf_size < entry_size * 2 + 1)) {
> +		snprintf(buf, buf_size, "overflow");
> +		return;
> +	}

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Sincerely yours,
Mike.