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Thanks, good lesson. >>> >>>>> + * Does absolutely no exception handling. >>>>> + */ >>>>> +static inline void clear_pages(void *addr, unsigned int npages) >>>>> +{ >>>>> + do { >>>>> + clear_page(addr); >>>>> + addr += PAGE_SIZE; >>>>> + } while (--npages); >>>>> +} >>>>> +#endif >>>>> + >>>>> +#ifndef clear_user_pages >>>>> +/** >>>>> + * clear_user_pages() - clear a page range mapped by the user. >>>> >>>> I'd call this then "clear a page range to be mapped to user space" >>>> >>>> Because it's usually called before we actually map it and it will properly flush >>>> the dcache if required. >>> Makes sense. >>> >>>>> + * @addr: kernel mapped address >>>> >>>> "start address" >>>> >>>>> + * @vaddr: user mapped address >>>> >>>> "start address of the user mapping" ? >>>> >>>>> + * @pg: start page >>>> >>>> Please just call it "page". I know, clear_user_page() has this weird page vs. pg >>>> thingy, but let's do it better here. >>>> >>>>> + * @npages: number of pages >>>>> + * >>>>> + * Assumes that the region (@addr, +@npages) has been validated >>>>> + * already so this does no exception handling. >>>>> + */ >>>>> +#define clear_user_pages(addr, vaddr, pg, npages) \ >>>>> +do { \ >>>>> + clear_user_page(addr, vaddr, pg); \ >>>>> + addr += PAGE_SIZE; \ >>>>> + vaddr += PAGE_SIZE; \ >>>>> + pg++; \ >>>>> +} while (--npages) >>>>> +#endif >>>> >>>> Should indent with one tab. >>> Will do. Also acking to the ones above. >>> >>>> Any reason this is not a static inline function? >>> Alas yes. Most architecture code defines clear_user_page() as a macro >>> where, if they need a to flush the dcache or otherwise do something >>> special, they need access to some external primitive. And this primitive >>> which might not be visible in contexts that we include this header. >>> For instance this one on sparc: >>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202509030338.DlQJTxIk-lkp@intel.com/ >>> Defining as a macro to get around that. But maybe there's a better >>> way? >> >> Can we just move it to mm/utils.c and not have it be an inline function? > > Thanks. Yeah, that's a good place for it. So, I'm looking into this and I think we should fixup the arch if possible. I now have commit 0f90e18abec6b6080af9ee5583cbba28d483a87d (HEAD) Author: David Hildenbrand Date: Fri Oct 10 06:09:51 2025 -0400 treewide: provide a generic clear_user_page() variant Let's drop all variants that effectively map to clear_page() and provide it in a generic variant instead. We'll use __HAVE_ARCH_CLEAR_USER_PAGE, similar to __HAVE_ARCH_COPY_USER_HIGHPAGE, to indicate whether an architecture provides it's own variant. Maybe at some point these should be CONFIG_ options. Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand To get started. Did you only run into the issue with sparc or was there another one problematic? -- Cheers David / dhildenb