linux-kernel - [PATCH 04/18] ARC: mm: remove pgd_offset

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Date:   Tue, 10 Aug 2021 17:42:44 -0700
From:   Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...nel.org>
To:     linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 04/18] ARC: mm: remove pgd_offset_fast

Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...nel.org>
---
 arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h | 23 -----------------------
 arch/arc/mm/fault.c            |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 0c3e220bd2b4..80b57c14b430 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -284,29 +284,6 @@ static inline void set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	set_pte(ptep, pteval);
 }
 
-/*
- * Macro to quickly access the PGD entry, utlising the fact that some
- * arch may cache the pointer to Page Directory of "current" task
- * in a MMU register
- *
- * Thus task->mm->pgd (3 pointer dereferences, cache misses etc simply
- * becomes read a register
- *
- * ********CAUTION*******:
- * Kernel code might be dealing with some mm_struct of NON "current"
- * Thus use this macro only when you are certain that "current" is current
- * e.g. when dealing with signal frame setup code etc
- */
-#ifdef ARC_USE_SCRATCH_REG
-#define pgd_offset_fast(mm, addr)	\
-({					\
-	pgd_t *pgd_base = (pgd_t *) read_aux_reg(ARC_REG_SCRATCH_DATA0);  \
-	pgd_base + pgd_index(addr);	\
-})
-#else
-#define pgd_offset_fast(mm, addr)	pgd_offset(mm, addr)
-#endif
-
 extern pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[] __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
 void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		      pte_t *ptep);
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/fault.c b/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
index f5657cb68e4f..41f154320964 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ noinline static int handle_kernel_vaddr_fault(unsigned long address)
 	pud_t *pud, *pud_k;
 	pmd_t *pmd, *pmd_k;
 
-	pgd = pgd_offset_fast(current->active_mm, address);
+	pgd = pgd_offset(current->active_mm, address);
 	pgd_k = pgd_offset_k(address);
 
 	if (!pgd_present(*pgd_k))
-- 
2.25.1