From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8CA89390CB4; Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:18:52 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786605533; cv=none; b=JiPJnRxJkTEL58aKiOTSXHgVbuH0B0AQt8Aur1vvwMewrLV0A1V57r2NbyaJBha0oMyTnC2+TX5p0zgN9vxqg0XqyXqxDcqjTEkKO588gY13W2uhMTQO4jcm20s5lxxdMzF7cr3nE9+QI5p8NmN+mKyaN1MF7NqoAoy8ZJbaSgY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786605533; c=relaxed/simple; bh=eQzPUn44O/tPkq47pjGpUtWgG67qF5D4jdglOJfzjZ8=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:Cc:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=BDDGKuVRkBXhTR6HoFJJxMI/FuBTu88qi1dGnJtn8Fc5Uld70lBPRYW6Y7Gq9oJB6KrF3o+cGjFSEaTrlLjGOeMhYsYygEFjhXlKhXPFdN+9yCRFGVjnlL5FCTxgcwr9iLgeQryQXo71XSgAR9cZuJ5pd3qQCrI+feItGF1Nqp4= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=LQoW8GUU; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="LQoW8GUU" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AF6D91F00A3D; Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:18:45 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1786605532; bh=FRu9n4mjHkdLoh1auc0+F0uq9mi4uQgSH6ITAa/iuvU=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=LQoW8GUUyQqsjsyMSCymikLCl0K/PpYaTCtOqE8smOcqa2DMyAwkHJlcjWeM1J3S+ p7F7YTHDWjjGCL63HV5xpWRhAdsFHo0ku3RZp+dd7ECs9spcYVoBm+vyaaylpUF+PD H22qTcfvj4D5oNy89mJR0hbJjegsfONgrwhHmtzF+bBi+aGhDM9oGd0P2xzEDI2kou 1E0HF2+DNVjJvv6cBBocYB1eb2SJm99VpExDuZUltvNNZREs8uFacDqc0tyd8Vhkzr RtyNl40a3quN8bMMpCL9V3232v/KWwZovejB57bX78GVNpy/nQciclUW97AqYJJX/W 0jrUTV5cHJu/Q== Message-ID: Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:18:43 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [RFC V2 6/6] mm: Drop pxd_ERROR() To: Anshuman Khandual Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, Yoshinori Sato , Rich Felker , John Paul Adrian Glaubitz , "James E.J. Bottomley" , Helge Deller , Huacai Chen , WANG Xuerui , linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-csky@vger.kernel.org, linux-hexagon@vger.kernel.org, loongarch@lists.linux.dev, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-openrisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-um@lists.infradead.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20260811042119.3652929-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com> <20260811042119.3652929-7-anshuman.khandual@arm.com> <1fb9ed88-67d0-4ac1-878d-0dc8e1135d19@kernel.org> <2ys7apbnfuj3ugfoqgbptgej3jjcyfpmdgbv6qbxupmwg6mefc@h5p33ua2nzlu> From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" Content-Language: en-US Autocrypt: addr=david@kernel.org; keydata= xsFNBFXLn5EBEAC+zYvAFJxCBY9Tr1xZgcESmxVNI/0ffzE/ZQOiHJl6mGkmA1R7/uUpiCjJ dBrn+lhhOYjjNefFQou6478faXE6o2AhmebqT4KiQoUQFV4R7y1KMEKoSyy8hQaK1umALTdL QZLQMzNE74ap+GDK0wnacPQFpcG1AE9RMq3aeErY5tujekBS32jfC/7AnH7I0v1v1TbbK3Gp XNeiN4QroO+5qaSr0ID2sz5jtBLRb15RMre27E1ImpaIv2Jw8NJgW0k/D1RyKCwaTsgRdwuK Kx/Y91XuSBdz0uOyU/S8kM1+ag0wvsGlpBVxRR/xw/E8M7TEwuCZQArqqTCmkG6HGcXFT0V9 PXFNNgV5jXMQRwU0O/ztJIQqsE5LsUomE//bLwzj9IVsaQpKDqW6TAPjcdBDPLHvriq7kGjt WhVhdl0qEYB8lkBEU7V2Yb+SYhmhpDrti9Fq1EsmhiHSkxJcGREoMK/63r9WLZYI3+4W2rAc UucZa4OT27U5ZISjNg3Ev0rxU5UH2/pT4wJCfxwocmqaRr6UYmrtZmND89X0KigoFD/XSeVv jwBRNjPAubK9/k5NoRrYqztM9W6sJqrH8+UWZ1Idd/DdmogJh0gNC0+N42Za9yBRURfIdKSb B3JfpUqcWwE7vUaYrHG1nw54pLUoPG6sAA7Mehl3nd4pZUALHwARAQABzS5EYXZpZCBIaWxk ZW5icmFuZCAoQ3VycmVudCkgPGRhdmlkQGtlcm5lbC5vcmc+wsGQBBMBCAA6AhsDBQkmWAik AgsJBBUKCQgCFgICHgUCF4AWIQQb2cqtc1xMOkYN/MpN3hD3AP+DWgUCaYJt/AIZAQAKCRBN 3hD3AP+DWriiD/9BLGEKG+N8L2AXhikJg6YmXom9ytRwPqDgpHpVg2xdhopoWdMRXjzOrIKD g4LSnFaKneQD0hZhoArEeamG5tyo32xoRsPwkbpIzL0OKSZ8G6mVbFGpjmyDLQCAxteXCLXz ZI0VbsuJKelYnKcXWOIndOrNRvE5eoOfTt2XfBnAapxMYY2IsV+qaUXlO63GgfIOg8RBaj7x 3NxkI3rV0SHhI4GU9K6jCvGghxeS1QX6L/XI9mfAYaIwGy5B68kF26piAVYv/QZDEVIpo3t7 /fjSpxKT8plJH6rhhR0epy8dWRHk3qT5tk2P85twasdloWtkMZ7FsCJRKWscm1BLpsDn6EQ4 jeMHECiY9kGKKi8dQpv3FRyo2QApZ49NNDbwcR0ZndK0XFo15iH708H5Qja/8TuXCwnPWAcJ DQoNIDFyaxe26Rx3ZwUkRALa3iPcVjE0//TrQ4KnFf+lMBSrS33xDDBfevW9+Dk6IISmDH1R HFq2jpkN+FX/PE8eVhV68B2DsAPZ5rUwyCKUXPTJ/irrCCmAAb5Jpv11S7hUSpqtM/6oVESC 3z/7CzrVtRODzLtNgV4r5EI+wAv/3PgJLlMwgJM90Fb3CB2IgbxhjvmB1WNdvXACVydx55V7 LPPKodSTF29rlnQAf9HLgCphuuSrrPn5VQDaYZl4N/7zc2wcWM7BTQRVy5+RARAA59fefSDR 9nMGCb9LbMX+TFAoIQo/wgP5XPyzLYakO+94GrgfZjfhdaxPXMsl2+o8jhp/hlIzG56taNdt VZtPp3ih1AgbR8rHgXw1xwOpuAd5lE1qNd54ndHuADO9a9A0vPimIes78Hi1/yy+ZEEvRkHk /kDa6F3AtTc1m4rbbOk2fiKzzsE9YXweFjQvl9p+AMw6qd/iC4lUk9g0+FQXNdRs+o4o6Qvy iOQJfGQ4UcBuOy1IrkJrd8qq5jet1fcM2j4QvsW8CLDWZS1L7kZ5gT5EycMKxUWb8LuRjxzZ 3QY1aQH2kkzn6acigU3HLtgFyV1gBNV44ehjgvJpRY2cC8VhanTx0dZ9mj1YKIky5N+C0f21 zvntBqcxV0+3p8MrxRRcgEtDZNav+xAoT3G0W4SahAaUTWXpsZoOecwtxi74CyneQNPTDjNg azHmvpdBVEfj7k3p4dmJp5i0U66Onmf6mMFpArvBRSMOKU9DlAzMi4IvhiNWjKVaIE2Se9BY FdKVAJaZq85P2y20ZBd08ILnKcj7XKZkLU5FkoA0udEBvQ0f9QLNyyy3DZMCQWcwRuj1m73D sq8DEFBdZ5eEkj1dCyx+t/ga6x2rHyc8Sl86oK1tvAkwBNsfKou3v+jP/l14a7DGBvrmlYjO 59o3t6inu6H7pt7OL6u6BQj7DoMAEQEAAcLBfAQYAQgAJgIbDBYhBBvZyq1zXEw6Rg38yk3e EPcA/4NaBQJonNqrBQkmWAihAAoJEE3eEPcA/4NaKtMQALAJ8PzprBEXbXcEXwDKQu+P/vts IfUb1UNMfMV76BicGa5NCZnJNQASDP/+bFg6O3gx5NbhHHPeaWz/VxlOmYHokHodOvtL0WCC 8A5PEP8tOk6029Z+J+xUcMrJClNVFpzVvOpb1lCbhjwAV465Hy+NUSbbUiRxdzNQtLtgZzOV Zw7jxUCs4UUZLQTCuBpFgb15bBxYZ/BL9MbzxPxvfUQIPbnzQMcqtpUs21CMK2PdfCh5c4gS sDci6D5/ZIBw94UQWmGpM/O1ilGXde2ZzzGYl64glmccD8e87OnEgKnH3FbnJnT4iJchtSvx yJNi1+t0+qDti4m88+/9IuPqCKb6Stl+s2dnLtJNrjXBGJtsQG/sRpqsJz5x1/2nPJSRMsx9 5YfqbdrJSOFXDzZ8/r82HgQEtUvlSXNaXCa95ez0UkOG7+bDm2b3s0XahBQeLVCH0mw3RAQg r7xDAYKIrAwfHHmMTnBQDPJwVqxJjVNr7yBic4yfzVWGCGNE4DnOW0vcIeoyhy9vnIa3w1uZ 3iyY2Nsd7JxfKu1PRhCGwXzRw5TlfEsoRI7V9A8isUCoqE2Dzh3FvYHVeX4Us+bRL/oqareJ CIFqgYMyvHj7Q06kTKmauOe4Nf0l0qEkIuIzfoLJ3qr5UyXc2hLtWyT9Ir+lYlX9efqh7mOY qIws/H2t In-Reply-To: <2ys7apbnfuj3ugfoqgbptgej3jjcyfpmdgbv6qbxupmwg6mefc@h5p33ua2nzlu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 8/13/26 08:03, Anshuman Khandual wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 01:33:14PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote: >> On 8/11/26 06:21, Anshuman Khandual wrote: >>> pxd_ERROR() has been used in generic mm just to print the page table entry >>> in pxd_clear_bad() before clearing those out with pxd_clear() later. These >>> pxd_ERROR() macros have been provided by all platforms which basically did >>> the same thing. >>> >>> Make pxd_clear_bad() use recently added ptval_to_str() instead for printing >>> page table entries thus completely dropping dependency on platform provided >>> pxd_ERROR() macros which can then be dropped off. First move all required >>> helpers in core MM into a header file which could then be used else where. >>> >> >> It might make sense to split this patch further up to ease review: >> >> Patch 1) provide ptval_to_str() a header. >> >> Patch 2) Stop using pxd_ERROR() and friends in common code, converting to >> pteval_to_str() >> >> Patch 3) Remove now unused pxd_ERROR() and friends from arch code. > > Sure but the intiial platform changes which now use ptval_to_str() as well > will probably come after the Patch (2) but before the Patch (3). Exactly :) -- Cheers, David