[PATCH V3] arm64/mm: Simplify and document pte_to_phys() for 52 bit addresses

Will Deacon will at kernel.org
Wed Nov 9 11:13:57 PST 2022


On Mon, 7 Nov 2022 19:47:53 +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> pte_to_phys() assembly definition does multiple bits field transformations
> to derive physical address, embedded inside a page table entry. Unlike its
> C counter part i.e __pte_to_phys(), pte_to_phys() is not very apparent. It
> simplifies these operations via a new macro PTE_ADDR_HIGH_SHIFT indicating
> how far the pte encoded higher address bits need to be left shifted. While
> here, this also updates __pte_to_phys() and __phys_to_pte_val().
> 
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/mm), thanks!

[1/1] arm64/mm: Simplify and document pte_to_phys() for 52 bit addresses
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/a4ee28615c7a

Cheers,
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Will

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