[PATCH v2] ARM: efi: Simplify arch_efi_call_virt() macro

Ard Biesheuvel ardb at kernel.org
Tue Jun 28 09:29:52 PDT 2022


On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 16:18, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com> wrote:
>
> Currently, the arch_efi_call_virt() assumes all users of it will have
> defined a type 'efi_##f##_t' to make use of it. It is unnecessarily
> forcing the users to create a new typedef when __efi_rt_asm_wrapper()
> actually expects void pointer.
>
> Simplify the arch_efi_call_virt() macro by eliminating the explicit
> need for efi_##f##_t type for every user of this macro.
>
> This change is done to align with implementations on other similar
> architectures.
>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
> Cc: Russell King <linux at armlinux.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com>

I'll queue this one up right away in the EFI tree, unless Russell has
something else in mind?



> ---
>  arch/arm/include/asm/efi.h | 7 +------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> v1[1]->v2:
>         - Dropped the usage of even typeof() and simply call p->f(args)
>           as suggested by Ard
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220628125938.694256-1-sudeep.holla@arm.com/
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/efi.h
> index 27218eabbf9a..bb4d15101de4 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/efi.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/efi.h
> @@ -24,12 +24,7 @@ int efi_set_mapping_permissions(struct mm_struct *mm, efi_memory_desc_t *md);
>  #define arch_efi_call_virt_setup()     efi_virtmap_load()
>  #define arch_efi_call_virt_teardown()  efi_virtmap_unload()
>
> -#define arch_efi_call_virt(p, f, args...)                              \
> -({                                                                     \
> -       efi_##f##_t *__f;                                               \
> -       __f = p->f;                                                     \
> -       __f(args);                                                      \
> -})
> +#define arch_efi_call_virt(p, f, args...)      ((p)->f(args))
>
>  #define ARCH_EFI_IRQ_FLAGS_MASK \
>         (PSR_J_BIT | PSR_E_BIT | PSR_A_BIT | PSR_I_BIT | PSR_F_BIT | \
> --
> 2.37.0
>



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