[PATCH v4 05/12] mm: introduce CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_LAZY_MMU_MODE

[David Hildenbrand]

On 29.10.25 11:09, Kevin Brodsky wrote:
> Architectures currently opt in for implementing lazy_mmu helpers by
> defining __HAVE_ARCH_ENTER_LAZY_MMU_MODE.
> 
> In preparation for introducing a generic lazy_mmu layer that will
> require storage in task_struct, let's switch to a cleaner approach:
> instead of defining a macro, select a CONFIG option.
> 
> This patch introduces CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_LAZY_MMU_MODE and has each
> arch select it when it implements lazy_mmu helpers.
> __HAVE_ARCH_ENTER_LAZY_MMU_MODE is removed and <linux/pgtable.h>
> relies on the new CONFIG instead.
> 
> On x86, lazy_mmu helpers are only implemented if PARAVIRT_XXL is
> selected. This creates some complications in arch/x86/boot/, because
> a few files manually undefine PARAVIRT* options. As a result
> <asm/paravirt.h> does not define the lazy_mmu helpers, but this
> breaks the build as <linux/pgtable.h> only defines them if
> !CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_LAZY_MMU_MODE. There does not seem to be a clean
> way out of this - let's just undefine that new CONFIG too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky at arm.com>
> ---

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david at redhat.com>

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Cheers

David / dhildenb