Re: [RFC PATCH v4 2/2] arm64: tlb: Use the TLBI RANGE feature in arm64

From: Catalin Marinas
Date: Tue Jul 07 2020 - 13:46:21 EST


On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 06:43:35PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 2020-07-07 18:36, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 10:47:13PM +0800, Zhenyu Ye wrote:
> > > @@ -59,6 +69,47 @@
> > > __ta; \
> > > })
> > >
> > > +/*
> > > + * __TG defines translation granule of the system, which is decided
> > > by
> > > + * PAGE_SHIFT. Used by TTL.
> > > + * - 4KB : 1
> > > + * - 16KB : 2
> > > + * - 64KB : 3
> > > + */
> > > +#define __TG ((PAGE_SHIFT - 12) / 2 + 1)
> >
> > Nitpick: maybe something like __TLBI_TG to avoid clashes in case someone
> > else defines a __TG macro.
>
> I have commented on this in the past, and still maintain that this
> would be better served by a switch statement similar to what is used
> for TTL already (I don't think this magic formula exists in the
> ARM ARM).

Good point, it would be cleaner indeed.

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Catalin