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From: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
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Subject: [PATCH RFC v2 02/20] ARM: mm: make 2-level pgd_t a scalar
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:30:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260722-dummy_ptxp3-v2-2-d9e4bad31e0a@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260722-dummy_ptxp3-v2-0-d9e4bad31e0a@arm.com>

From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>

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) <david@kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level-types.h | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level-types.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level-types.h
index 650e793f4142..7f85384ac386 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 +36,32 @@ 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)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The lower and higher pmdval_t values point to the same page.
+	 * the only difference is their offset within that page.
+	 * Therefore, whichever value is returned, the behavior of pmd_pfn(),
+	 * pmd_page(), and other users of pgd_val() remains unchanged.
+	 *
+	 * However, pgd_val() has historically returned the lower pmdval_t, so
+	 * keep returning the lower one.
+	 *
+	 * See the comments in include/asm/pgtable-2level.
+	 */
+	return (*(pmdval_t (*)[2])&pgd)[0];
+}
+
 #define pgprot_val(x)   (x)
 
 #define __pte(x)        (x)

-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-22 15:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-22 15:30 [PATCH RFC v2 00/20] mm: optimize unnecessary loads due to ptep_get() and friends out Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 01/20] ARM: mm: make nommu pgd_t a scalar Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` Yeoreum Yun [this message]
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 03/20] ARM: mm: remove custom pgdp_get() Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 04/20] LoongArch: mm: define pud_leaf() only when PUD exists Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 05/20] MIPS: " Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 06/20] mm/pgtable: define (pgd|p4d|pud)_leaf() for folded page tables Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 07/20] mm/pgtable: define (pgd|p4d|pud)_offset_lockless() " Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 08/20] mm: vmscan: remove stack copy address of pud pass in wallk_pud_range() Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-24 10:38   ` Usama Anjum
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 09/20] loongarch: kvm: remove stack copy address of pXd in pXd_offset() Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-27 14:53   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 10/20] riscv: " Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-27 14:53   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 11/20] riscv: mm: use proper set_pXd() for generic compile-time folded patable in vmalloc_fault() Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 12/20] x86: mm: define pudp_set_access_flags() when CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD is enabled only Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 16:02   ` Dave Hansen
2026-07-22 17:27     ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-27 15:02       ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-07-27 18:06         ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 13/20] x86: mm: carve out the generic compile-time folded pgtable case in effective_prot() Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 16:11   ` Dave Hansen
2026-07-22 16:28     ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 17:37     ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 20:20       ` Dave Hansen
2026-07-22 21:00         ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-27 15:27           ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-07-27 15:36             ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 14/20] x86: mm: skip pud setup when using generic compile-time folded pagetable Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 16:33   ` Dave Hansen
2026-07-22 17:18     ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 20:02       ` Dave Hansen
2026-07-22 20:18         ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 20:22           ` Dave Hansen
2026-07-22 20:28             ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-07-22 20:40               ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-24 11:49             ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 15/20] mm/pgtable: optimize pmdp_get() and friends for folded pagetable levels Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 16/20] mm/pgtable: catch abuse of folded dummy pgd_t/p4d_t/pud_t Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 17/20] mm/pgtable: disallow calling (pgd|p4d|pud)_page, pgd_page_vaddr() and (p4d|pud)_pgtable with dummy Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 18/20] mm/pgtable: disallow calling folded set_pgd/set_p4d/set_pud " Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 19/20] openrisc/pgtable: drop __pmd_offset() Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 20/20] arm64: pgtable: convert pte_present() from macro to static inline Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 16:40 ` [PATCH RFC v2 00/20] mm: optimize unnecessary loads due to ptep_get() and friends out Dave Hansen
2026-07-22 17:30   ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-27 15:18     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-07-27 15:50       ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-08-06 17:11 ` Will Deacon

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