vm_normal_page(9)

💖 vm_normal_page(9) 💖

okay so this is the vm_normal_page(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — welcome to the group chat, bestie! 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

vm_normal_page — get the "struct page" associated with a PTE. slay. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, here's the signature in all its glory:

struct page * vm_normal_page (struct vm_area_struct *vma , unsigned long
addr , pte_t pte );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vma — the VMA mapping the pte. 💖
• addr — the address where the pte is mapped.
• pte — the pte. periodt. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Get the "struct page" associated with a PTE. See __vm_normal_page for details on "normal" and "special" mappings. 👀

🌸 RETURN 🌸

Returns the "struct page" if this is a "normal" mapping. Returns NULL if this is a "special" mapping. no cap. 💅

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./mm/memory.c — and the whole squad is:

• free_pgd_range(9)
• free_pgtables(9)
• __vm_normal_page(9)
• vm_normal_folio(9)
• vm_normal_page_pmd(9)
• vm_normal_folio_pmd(9)
• vm_normal_page_pud(9)
• restore_exclusive_pte(9)
• cond_install_uffd_wp_ptes(9)
• zap_vma_for_reaping(9)
• unmap_vmas(9)
• zap_vma_range_batched(9)
• zap_vma_range(9)
• zap_special_vma_range(9)
• vm_insert_pages(9)
• vm_insert_page(9)
• vm_map_pages(9)
• vm_map_pages_zero(9)
• vmf_insert_pfn_prot(9)
• vmf_insert_pfn(9)
• remap_pfn_range(9)
• vm_iomap_memory(9)
• __vmf_anon_prepare(9)
• finish_mkwrite_fault(9)
• unmap_mapping_folio(9)
• unmap_mapping_pages(9)
• unmap_mapping_range(9)
• set_pte_range(9)
• finish_fault(9)
• mm_account_fault(9)
• follow_pfnmap_start(9)
• follow_pfnmap_end(9)
• generic_access_phys(9)
• access_remote_vm(9)
• copy_remote_vm_str(9)
• folio_zero_user(9)

okay that's the whole page, bestie — mwah! 💖 shoutout to the footer: source/version ./mm, date October 2026, page vm_normal_page(9). byeee! 🎀