Re: [PATCH v1] fs/proc/task_mmu: fix PAGE_IS_PFNZERO detection for the huge zero folio

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Wed Jun 18 2025 - 04:56:30 EST


On 18.06.25 01:34, Andrew Morton wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:35:32 +0200 David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

is_zero_pfn() does not work for the huge zero folio. Fix it by using
is_huge_zero_pmd().

Found by code inspection.

Fixes: 52526ca7fdb9 ("fs/proc/task_mmu: implement IOCTL to get and optionally clear info about PTEs")
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Probably we should Cc stable, thoughts?

Depends on the userspace effects. I'm thinking these are "This can
cause the PAGEMAP_SCAN ioctl against /proc/pid/pagemap to omit pages"
so yup, cc:stable.

I think it will be included as PAGE_IS_PRESENT, but not as PAGE_IS_PFNZERO. That makes it a bit harder to judge the impact.

In any case, it's a simple patch and backporting should not really be hard (automatic).

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb