Re: [PATCH v6 08/18] arm64/mm: Convert set_pte_at() to set_ptes(..., 1)

[Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>]

On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 10:31:55AM +0000, Ryan Roberts wrote:
> Since set_ptes() was introduced, set_pte_at() has been implemented as a
> generic macro around set_ptes(..., 1). So this change should continue to
> generate the same code. However, making this change prepares us for the
> transparent contpte support. It means we can reroute set_ptes() to
> __set_ptes(). Since set_pte_at() is a generic macro, there will be no
> equivalent __set_pte_at() to reroute to.
> 
> Note that a couple of calls to set_pte_at() remain in the arch code.
> This is intentional, since those call sites are acting on behalf of
> core-mm and should continue to call into the public set_ptes() rather
> than the arch-private __set_ptes().
> 
> Tested-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>