Re: [PATCH 2/2] LoongArch: Set FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION in __do_page_fault()

From: Huacai Chen

Date: Thu Mar 19 2026 - 04:31:32 EST


Hi, Lorenz,

On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 11:18 PM Lorenz Hetterich
<lorenz.hetterich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The page-fault handler never sets the FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION flag.
>
> Set FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION for faults related to instruction fetches.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenz Hetterich <lorenz.hetterich@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/loongarch/include/asm/exception.h | 3 +++
> arch/loongarch/mm/fault.c | 3 +++
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/exception.h b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/exception.h
> index c6d20736fd92..7305b7065a43 100644
> --- a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/exception.h
> +++ b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/exception.h
> @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
> #include <asm/ptrace.h>
> #include <linux/kprobes.h>
>
> +#define EXC_PIF 3 /* Page Invalid Fetch */
> +#define EXC_PNX 6 /* Page Non-eXecutable */
Needn't, you can use EXCCODE_TLBI/EXCCODE_TLBNX in loongarch.h directly.


Huacai

> +
> extern void *exception_table[];
>
> void show_registers(struct pt_regs *regs);
> diff --git a/arch/loongarch/mm/fault.c b/arch/loongarch/mm/fault.c
> index c7703bdec4fc..7cd422c1224e 100644
> --- a/arch/loongarch/mm/fault.c
> +++ b/arch/loongarch/mm/fault.c
> @@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ static void __kprobes __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
> if (user_mode(regs))
> flags |= FAULT_FLAG_USER;
>
> + if (current->thread.trap_nr == EXC_PIF || current->thread.trap_nr == EXC_PNX)
> + flags |= FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION;
> +
> perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, regs, address);
>
> if (!(flags & FAULT_FLAG_USER))
> --
> 2.43.0
>