linux-kernel - [PATCH] powerpc: Use swapper_pg_dir instead of init

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Date:   Sun,  9 Oct 2022 19:31:05 +0200
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
Cc:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: Use swapper_pg_dir instead of init_mm->pgd

init_mm->pgd is always swapper_pg_dir[] which is known
at build time.

Directly use the later instead of loading it from init_mm
struct at every time.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 283f40d05a4d..f6843e6294d9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ struct mm_struct;
 /* Keep these as a macros to avoid include dependency mess */
 #define pte_page(x)		pfn_to_page(pte_pfn(x))
 #define mk_pte(page, pgprot)	pfn_pte(page_to_pfn(page), (pgprot))
+
+#define pgd_offset_k(address)		pgd_offset_pgd(swapper_pg_dir, (address))
+
 /*
  * Select all bits except the pfn
  */
-- 
2.37.1