linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 03/18] KVM: arm64: Make hyp

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Message-ID: <86zfkur329.wl-maz@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:55:58 +0000
From: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To: Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>
Cc: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>,
	Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@....com>,
	Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
	Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@...wei.com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
	Fuad Tabba <tabba@...gle.com>,
	Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@...gle.com>,
	Sebastian Ene <sebastianene@...gle.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/18] KVM: arm64: Make hyp_page::order a u8

On Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:57:48 +0000,
Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com> wrote:
> 
> We don't need 16 bits to store the hyp page order, and we'll need some
> bits to store page ownership data soon, so let's reduce the order
> member.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/gfp.h    |  6 +++---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/memory.h |  5 +++--
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/page_alloc.c     | 14 +++++++-------
>  3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/gfp.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/gfp.h
> index 97c527ef53c2..f1725bad6331 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/gfp.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/gfp.h
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
>  #include <nvhe/memory.h>
>  #include <nvhe/spinlock.h>
>  
> -#define HYP_NO_ORDER	USHRT_MAX
> +#define HYP_NO_ORDER	0xff

nit: (u8)(~0)?

	M.

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