[RFC PATCH 02/34] ARM: mm: make 2-level pgd_t a scalar
Yeoreum Yun <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:55:41 +0100
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From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <[email protected]> We don't want pgd_t to be an array, as it prohibits returning it from a function, like pgdp_get(). So let's just use an u64, and extract the right 32bit value in pgd_val(). Leave the STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS case alone for now. As an alternative, we could use the STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS approach here as well, but using an u64 looks conceptually cleaner, even though pgd_val() gets a bit more involved. Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <[email protected]> --- arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level-types.h | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level-types.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level-types.h index 650e793f41429..02052cef9437a 100644 --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level-types.h +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level-types.h @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ typedef struct { pteval_t pgprot; } pgprot_t; #define pte_val(x) ((x).pte) #define pmd_val(x) ((x).pmd) -#define pgd_val(x) ((x).pgd[0]) +#define pgd_val(x) ((x).pgd[0]) #define pgprot_val(x) ((x).pgprot) #define __pte(x) ((pte_t) { (x) } ) @@ -36,14 +36,21 @@ typedef struct { pteval_t pgprot; } pgprot_t; /* * .. while these make it easier on the compiler */ +typedef u64 pgdval_t; + typedef pteval_t pte_t; typedef pmdval_t pmd_t; -typedef pmdval_t pgd_t[2]; +typedef pgdval_t pgd_t; typedef pteval_t pgprot_t; #define pte_val(x) (x) #define pmd_val(x) (x) -#define pgd_val(x) ((x)[0]) + +static inline pmdval_t pgd_val(pgd_t pgd) +{ + return (*(pmdval_t (*)[2])&pgd)[0]; +} + #define pgprot_val(x) (x) #define __pte(x) (x) -- LEVI:{C3F47F37-75D8-414A-A8BA-3980EC8A46D7}