linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] arm64: Prepare to switch to generic entry

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Message-ID: <32a3bb02-59b2-432d-a75b-d7951971cda6@arm.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:42:23 +0200
From: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@....com>
To: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>
Cc: catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org, oleg@...hat.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] arm64: Prepare to switch to generic entry

On 29/06/2024 10:56, Jinjie Ruan wrote:
> -#define on_thread_stack()	(on_task_stack(current, current_stack_pointer, 1))
> +static __always_inline bool on_thread_stack(void)
> +{
> +	return on_task_stack(current, current_stack_pointer, 1);
> +}

This looks reasonable but I wonder why this change is required (as the
commit message suggests)?

Kevin