linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 05/22] mm: Move the fallback definitions of pXXp

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Message-ID: <ae87f1fe-b107-4589-bde5-21c9f3e8f816@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:11:36 +0100
From: "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david@...nel.org>
To: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@...ive.com>,
 Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>, Paul Walmsley <pjw@...nel.org>,
 linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc: devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
 Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>,
 Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>,
 Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@...il.dk>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
 Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, "Liam R . Howlett"
 <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 05/22] mm: Move the fallback definitions of pXXp_get()

On 13.11.25 02:45, Samuel Holland wrote:
> Some platforms need to fix up the values when reading or writing page
> tables. Because of this, the accessors must always be used; it is not
> valid to simply dereference a pXX_t pointer.
> 
> Move these definitions up by a few lines, so they will be in scope
> everywhere that currently dereferences a pXX_t pointer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@...ive.com>
> ---

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@...nel.org>

-- 
Cheers

David