Subject	Simplify special kernel page table handling
Author	kevin.brodsky@arm.com
Date	2026-07-14 14:03:50 +0000 UTC
Version	Version 1
Cc	agordeev@linux.ibm.com akpm@linux-foundation.org andreas@gaisler.com anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com aou@eecs.berkeley.edu apopple@nvidia.com ardb@kernel.org bp@alien8.de catalin.marinas@arm.com chenhuacai@kernel.org dave.hansen@linux.intel.com davem@davemloft.net david@kernel.org deller@gmx.de gerald.schaefer@linux.ibm.com gor@linux.ibm.com hca@linux.ibm.com hpa@zytor.com ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org james.bottomley@hansenpartnership.com johannes@sipsolutions.net kevin.brodsky@arm.com liam@infradead.org linux-arch@vger.kernel.org linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org linux-efi@vger.kernel.org linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org linux-mm@kvack.org linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org linux-s390@vger.kernel.org linux-um@lists.infradead.org linux@armlinux.org.uk linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org ljs@kernel.org loongarch@lists.linux.dev luto@kernel.org maddy@linux.ibm.com mhocko@suse.com mingo@redhat.com mpe@ellerman.id.au ning.sun@intel.com palmer@dabbelt.com pasha.tatashin@soleen.com peterz@infradead.org pjw@kernel.org richard@nod.at rppt@kernel.org ryan.roberts@arm.com sparclinux@vger.kernel.org

Patches (22)

Name	Content [All]
[PATCH 01/22] mm: drop unused __mm_flags_set_mask_bits_word()	[Body]
[PATCH 02/22] mm: move mm_flags helpers to mm_types.h	[Body]
[PATCH 03/22] mm: introduce MMF_KERNEL flag and set it for init_mm	[Body]
[PATCH 04/22] mm: use mm_is_kernel() in generic page table code	[Body]
[PATCH 05/22] arm64: mm: use mm_is_kernel() for kernel mm checks	[Body]
[PATCH 06/22] loongarch: mm: use mm_is_kernel() in switch_mm_irqs_off()	[Body]
[PATCH 07/22] parisc: mm: use mm_is_kernel() for kernel mm checks	[Body]
[PATCH 08/22] powerpc: mm: use mm_is_kernel() for kernel mm checks	[Body]
[PATCH 09/22] s390: mm: use mm_is_kernel() for kernel mm checks	[Body]
[PATCH 10/22] sparc: mm: use mm_is_kernel() for kernel mm checks	[Body]
[PATCH 11/22] um: mm: use mm_is_kernel() in TLB sync	[Body]
[PATCH 12/22] x86/mm: use mm_is_kernel() for kernel mm checks	[Body]
[PATCH 13/22] mm: account page table pages when allocated	[Body]
[PATCH 14/22] mm: set page table page type when allocated	[Body]
[PATCH 15/22] mm: only initialise pt_share_count for user pgtables	[Body]
[PATCH 16/22] efi: mark efi_mm as a kernel mm	[Body]
[PATCH 17/22] mm: pagewalk: drop redundant address check for kernel mm walks	[Body]
[PATCH 18/22] arm64: mm: drop explicit mm_is_efi() check in contpte	[Body]
[PATCH 19/22] x86/tboot: mark tboot_mm as a kernel mm	[Body]
[PATCH 20/22] arm64: mm: drop ctor/dtor calls for kernel page tables	[Body]
[PATCH 21/22] arm: mm: drop ctor call for kernel page tables	[Body]
[PATCH 22/22] riscv: mm: drop ctor/dtor calls for kernel page tables	[Body]

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