[PATCH v3 1/7] arm64: tlb: Refactor the core flush algorithm of __flush_tlb_range

Catalin Marinas catalin.marinas at arm.com
Mon Apr 17 09:17:47 PDT 2023


On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 05:29:16PM +0000, Raghavendra Rao Ananta wrote:
> Currently, the core TLB flush functionality of __flush_tlb_range()
> hardcodes vae1is (and variants) for the flush operation. In the
> upcoming patches, the KVM code reuses this core algorithm with
> ipas2e1is for range based TLB invalidations based on the IPA.
> Hence, extract the core flush functionality of __flush_tlb_range()
> into its own macro that accepts an 'op' argument to pass any
> TLBI operation, such that other callers (KVM) can benefit.
> 
> No functional changes intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta at google.com>

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



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