Re: [RFC PATCH 02/34] ARM: mm: make 2-level pgd_t a scalar

"Arnd Bergmann" <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:15:42 +0200
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On Mon, Jul 13, 2026, at 15:55, Yeoreum Yun wrote:

>  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;
> 

Just noticed one more issue here, I think this will break these
two macros that now access four entries instead of two:

#define copy_pmd(pmdpd,pmdps)           \
        do {                            \
                pmdpd[0] = pmdps[0];    \
                pmdpd[1] = pmdps[1];    \
                flush_pmd_entry(pmdpd); \
        } while (0)

#define pmd_clear(pmdp)                 \
        do {                            \
                pmdp[0] = __pmd(0);     \
                pmdp[1] = __pmd(0);     \
                clean_pmd_entry(pmdp);  \
        } while (0)

    Arnd