[PATCH v2 5/8] arm64: don't open code page table entry creation

[marc.zyngier@arm.com (Marc Zyngier)]

On 22/12/17 15:23, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> From: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@arm.com>
> 
> Instead of open coding the generation of page table entries, use the
> macros/functions that exist for this - pfn_p*d and p*d_populate. Most
> code in the kernel already uses these macros, this patch tries to fix
> up the few places that don't. This is useful for the next patch in this
> series, which needs to change the page table entry logic, and it's
> better to have that logic in one place.
> 
> The KVM extended ID map is special, since we're creating a level above
> CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS and the required function isn't available. Leave
> it as is and add a comment to explain it. (The normal kernel ID map code
> doesn't need this change because its page tables are created in assembly
> (__create_page_tables)).
> 
> Tested-by: Bob Picco <bob.picco@oracle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Bob Picco <bob.picco@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>

Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>

	M.
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