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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:25:23 +0100
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, 
	kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, 
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@...aro.org>, 
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, 
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Stuart Yoder <stuart.yoder@...escale.com>, 
	Sharma Bhupesh <bhupesh.sharma@...escale.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, 
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>, Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/21] arm64: pgtable: add dummy pud_index() and
 pmd_index() definitions

On 11 January 2016 at 18:40, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 02:18:56PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> Add definitions of pud_index() and pmd_index() for configurations with
>> fewer than 4 resp. 3 translation levels. This makes it easier to keep
>> the users (e.g., the fixmap init code) generic.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 2 ++
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
>> index fe9bf47db5d3..6129f6755081 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
>> @@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ static inline phys_addr_t pud_page_paddr(pud_t pud)
>>  #else
>>
>>  #define pud_page_paddr(pud)  ({ BUILD_BUG(); 0; })
>> +#define pmd_index(addr)              ({ BUILD_BUG(); 0; })
>>
>>  /* Match pmd_offset folding in <asm/generic/pgtable-nopmd.h> */
>>  #define pmd_set_fixmap(addr)         NULL
>> @@ -542,6 +543,7 @@ static inline phys_addr_t pgd_page_paddr(pgd_t pgd)
>>  #else
>>
>>  #define pgd_page_paddr(pgd)  ({ BUILD_BUG(); 0;})
>> +#define pud_index(addr)              ({ BUILD_BUG(); 0;})
>
> I think we don't need these if we use p??_ofset_kimg for the fixmap
> initialisation.
>
> Regardless, these look good conceptually, so if they're useful
> elsewhere:
>
> Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
>

Thanks, but this can indeed be dropped after the proposed changes have
been made to the fixmap init code.

-- 
Ard.

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