Add _PAGE_SPECIAL using bit 19 (0x80000), which is unused in the Alpha
PTE layout. This enables pte_special()/pte_mkspecial() for marking PTEs
that are not backed by struct page (VDSO mappings, zero page,
io_remap_pfn_range, etc.).

Include _PAGE_SPECIAL in _PAGE_CHG_MASK so it is preserved across
pte_modify() calls.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <[email protected]>

Also mark Alpha as "ok" in the pte_special feature matrix.
Tested-by: Magnus Lindholm <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Magnus Lindholm <[email protected]>
---
 Documentation/features/vm/pte_special/arch-support.txt | 2 +-
 arch/alpha/Kconfig                                     | 1 +
 arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h                       | 5 ++++-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/features/vm/pte_special/arch-support.txt 
b/Documentation/features/vm/pte_special/arch-support.txt
index 3f777f8b67d5..1485bb7c73eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/features/vm/pte_special/arch-support.txt
+++ b/Documentation/features/vm/pte_special/arch-support.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     -----------------------
     |         arch |status|
     -----------------------
-    |       alpha: | TODO |
+    |       alpha: |  ok  |
     |         arc: |  ok  |
     |         arm: |  ok  |
     |       arm64: |  ok  |
diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index cc69f94a1c5b..1d28fa8d3b66 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config ALPHA
        select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
        select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
        select ARCH_HAS_NON_OVERLAPPING_ADDRESS_SPACE
+       select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
        select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN
        select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
        select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_SERIO
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 8e00cf9dc39d..bdff33b505bc 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 /* .. and these are ours ... */
 #define _PAGE_DIRTY    0x20000
 #define _PAGE_ACCESSED 0x40000
+#define _PAGE_SPECIAL  0x80000
 
 /* We borrow bit 39 to store the exclusive marker in swap PTEs. */
 #define _PAGE_SWP_EXCLUSIVE    0x8000000000UL
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 #define _PFN_MASK      0xFFFFFFFF00000000UL
 
 #define _PAGE_TABLE    (_PAGE_VALID | __DIRTY_BITS | __ACCESS_BITS)
-#define _PAGE_CHG_MASK (_PFN_MASK | __DIRTY_BITS | __ACCESS_BITS)
+#define _PAGE_CHG_MASK (_PFN_MASK | __DIRTY_BITS | __ACCESS_BITS | 
_PAGE_SPECIAL)
 
 /*
  * All the normal masks have the "page accessed" bits on, as any time they are 
used,
@@ -238,6 +239,8 @@ extern inline pte_t pte_mkold(pte_t pte)    { pte_val(pte) 
&= ~(__ACCESS_BITS); ret
 extern inline pte_t pte_mkwrite_novma(pte_t pte){ pte_val(pte) &= ~_PAGE_FOW; 
return pte; }
 extern inline pte_t pte_mkdirty(pte_t pte)     { pte_val(pte) |= __DIRTY_BITS; 
return pte; }
 extern inline pte_t pte_mkyoung(pte_t pte)     { pte_val(pte) |= 
__ACCESS_BITS; return pte; }
+extern inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)       { return pte_val(pte) & 
_PAGE_SPECIAL; }
+extern inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)   { pte_val(pte) |= 
_PAGE_SPECIAL; return pte; }
 
 /*
  * The smp_rmb() in the following functions are required to order the load of

-- 
2.54.0


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