linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] mm/special: Create generic fallbacks for pte_special() and pte

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Date:   Tue, 10 Mar 2020 14:27:47 +0100
From:   Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] mm/special: Create generic fallbacks for
 pte_special() and pte_mkspecial()

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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