[PATCH v7 04/15] arm64: mm: Preserve existing table mappings when mapping DRAM
Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]> Fri, 29 May 2026 17:01:55 +0200
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From: Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]> Instead of blindly overwriting an existing table entry when mapping DRAM regions, take care not to replace a pre-existing table entry with a block entry. This permits the logic of mapping the kernel's linear alias to be simplified in a subsequent patch. Reviewed-by: Ryan Roberts <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]> --- arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c index b2ba5b35c35f..5c827fa3cd38 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c @@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ static int init_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, /* try section mapping first */ if (((addr | next | phys) & ~PMD_MASK) == 0 && - (flags & NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS) == 0) { + (flags & NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS) == 0 && + !pmd_table(old_pmd)) { WARN_ON(!pmd_set_huge(pmdp, phys, prot)); /* @@ -379,7 +380,8 @@ static int alloc_init_pud(p4d_t *p4dp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, */ if (pud_sect_supported() && ((addr | next | phys) & ~PUD_MASK) == 0 && - (flags & NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS) == 0) { + (flags & NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS) == 0 && + !pud_table(old_pud)) { WARN_ON(!pud_set_huge(pudp, phys, prot)); /* -- 2.54.0.823.g6e5bcc1fc9-goog