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[82.69.66.36]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-47f464c1f84sm8103524f8f.29.2026.07.14.05.34.16 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:34:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:34:15 +0100 From: David Laight To: Yeoreum Yun Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, loongarch@lists.linux.dev, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, kvm-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, x86@kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, kasan-dev@googlegroups.com, linux-csky@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-openrisc@vger.kernel.org, david@kernel.org, linux@armlinux.org.uk, akpm@linux-foundation.org, ankur.a.arora@oracle.com, rppt@kernel.org, linmag7@gmail.com, chleroy@kernel.org, klarasmodin@gmail.com, chenhuacai@kernel.org, kernel@xen0n.name, kas@kernel.org, zhangtianyang@loongson.cn, wangyuli@aosc.io, tsbogend@alpha.franken.de, ljs@kernel.org, jgg@ziepe.ca, catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de, ryan.roberts@arm.com, pasha.tatashin@soleen.com, rmclure@linux.ibm.com, baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com, tj@kernel.org, kevin.brodsky@arm.com, anup@brainfault.org, atish.patra@linux.dev, pjw@kernel.org, palmer@dabbelt.com, aou@eecs.berkeley.edu, alex@ghiti.fr, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, luto@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, tglx@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, hpa@zytor.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org, mhocko@kernel.org, qi.zheng@linux.dev, shakeel.butt@linux.dev, kasong@tencent.com, baohua@kernel.org, axelrasmussen@google.com, yuanchu@google.com, weixugc@google.com, ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com, glider@google.com, andreyknvl@gmail.com, dvyukov@google.com, vincenzo.frascino@arm.com, anshuman.khandual@arm.com, yang@os.amperecomputing.com, chaitanyas.prakash@arm.com, ardb@kernel.org, guoren@kernel.org, yang.li85200@gmail.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, dinguyen@kernel.org, schuster.simon@siemens-energy.com, wangruikang@iscas.ac.cn, junhui.liu@pigmoral.tech, muchun.song@linux.dev, vishal.moola@gmail.com, namcao@linutronix.de, pavel@kernel.org, djbw@kernel.org, yu-cheng.yu@intel.com, baolu.lu@linux.intel.com, Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com, coxu@redhat.com, andreas@gaisler.com, liam@infradead.org, vbabka@kernel.org, surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com, geert@linux-m68k.org, shorne@gmail.com, jonas@southpole.se, stefan.kristiansson@saunalahti.fi Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 02/34] ARM: mm: make 2-level pgd_t a scalar Message-ID: <20260714133415.78e25654@pumpkin> In-Reply-To: <20260713135614.1618183-3-yeoreum.yun@arm.com> References: <20260713135614.1618183-1-yeoreum.yun@arm.com> <20260713135614.1618183-3-yeoreum.yun@arm.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.1.1 (GTK 3.24.38; arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: loongarch@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:55:41 +0100 Yeoreum Yun wrote: > From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" > > We don't want pgd_t to be an array, as it prohibits returning it from a > function, like pgdp_get(). If you use a two element structure the compiler/ABI might be able to return that from a function in two registers. That might make the entire mess more readable ... David