Re: [PATCH V2] mm/special: Create generic fallbacks for pte_special() and pte_mkspecial()

Thomas Bogendoerfer
2020-03-10T13:28:33Z

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 06:39:11AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
> index aef5378f909c..8e4e4be1ca00 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
> @@ -269,6 +269,36 @@ static inline void set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> */
> extern pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[];
>
> +/*
> + * Platform specific pte_special() and pte_mkspecial() definitions
> + * are required only when ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL is enabled.
> + */
> +#if !defined(CONFIG_32BIT) && !defined(CONFIG_CPU_HAS_RIXI)

this looks wrong.

current Kconfig statement is

select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL if !(32BIT && CPU_HAS_RIXI)

so we can't use PTE_SPECIAL on 32bit _and_ CPUs with RIXI support.

Why can't we use

#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL)

here as the comment already suggests ?

Thomas.

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