linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/13] arm64: mm: Inline __TLBI_VADDR_RANGE() into __tlbi

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Message-ID: <20260127114611.0000381e@huawei.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:46:11 +0000
From: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>
To: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>
CC: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Catalin
 Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Linus
 Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Oliver Upton
	<oliver.upton@...ux.dev>, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, "Dev Jain"
	<dev.jain@....com>, Linu Cherian <Linu.Cherian@....com>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/13] arm64: mm: Inline __TLBI_VADDR_RANGE() into
 __tlbi_range()

On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:21:52 +0000
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com> wrote:

> From: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> 
> The __TLBI_VADDR_RANGE() macro is only used in one place and isn't
> something that's generally useful outside of the low-level range
> invalidation gubbins.
> 
> Inline __TLBI_VADDR_RANGE() into the __tlbi_range() function so that the
> macro can be removed entirely.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Linu Cherian <linu.cherian@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>

There were some oddly complex constructs in the original macro like
the handling of ttl == 0, so good those got cleaned up in the passing.

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>