[PATCH v6 07/18] arm64/mm: Convert READ_ONCE(*ptep) to ptep_get(ptep)

Catalin Marinas catalin.marinas at arm.com
Fri Feb 16 05:34:00 AEDT 2024


On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 10:31:54AM +0000, Ryan Roberts wrote:
> There are a number of places in the arch code that read a pte by using
> the READ_ONCE() macro. Refactor these call sites to instead use the
> ptep_get() helper, which itself is a READ_ONCE(). Generated code should
> be the same.
> 
> This will benefit us when we shortly introduce the transparent contpte
> support. In this case, ptep_get() will become more complex so we now
> have all the code abstracted through it.
> 
> Tested-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard at nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts at arm.com>

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>


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