[PATCH v3] futex: Use user_write_access_begin/_end() in futex_put_value()

From: Waiman Long
Date: Mon Aug 11 2025 - 10:14:49 EST


Commit cec199c5e39b ("futex: Implement FUTEX2_NUMA") introduces a new
futex_put_value() helper function to write a value to the given user
address. However, it uses user_read_access_begin() before the write.
For arches that differentiate between read and write accesses, like
powerpc, futex_put_value() fails with a -EFAULT return value. Fix that
by using the user_write_access_begin/user_write_access_end() pair.

Fixes: cec199c5e39b ("futex: Implement FUTEX2_NUMA")
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/futex/futex.h | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex/futex.h b/kernel/futex/futex.h
index c74eac572acd..2cd57096c38e 100644
--- a/kernel/futex/futex.h
+++ b/kernel/futex/futex.h
@@ -319,13 +319,13 @@ static __always_inline int futex_put_value(u32 val, u32 __user *to)
{
if (can_do_masked_user_access())
to = masked_user_access_begin(to);
- else if (!user_read_access_begin(to, sizeof(*to)))
+ else if (!user_write_access_begin(to, sizeof(*to)))
return -EFAULT;
unsafe_put_user(val, to, Efault);
- user_read_access_end();
+ user_write_access_end();
return 0;
Efault:
- user_read_access_end();
+ user_write_access_end();
return -EFAULT;
}

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2.50.1