Re: [PATCH 4/7] arm64: tlbflush.h: add __tlbi() macro

[Will Deacon]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 11:16:06AM +0100, Punit Agrawal wrote:
> From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> 
> As with dsb() and isb(), add a __tlbi() helper so that we can avoid
> distracting asm boilerplate every time we want a TLBI. As some TLBI
> operations take an argument while others do not, some pre-processor is
> used to handle these two cases with different assembly blocks.
> 
> The existing tlbflush.h code is moved over to use the helper.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
> [ rename helper to __tlbi, update comment and commit log ]
> Signed-off-by: Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Given that this series seems to have stalled, I'm inclined to pick this
patch (and only this patch) up in the arm64 tree. It's a standalone tidy
up and means one fewer dependency next time round.

Will