[PATCH 0/8] arm64: set VMAP_STACK by default

Mark Rutland mark.rutland at arm.com
Mon Jul 7 10:25:57 PDT 2025


On Mon, Jul 07, 2025 at 09:01:00AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This patchset select VMAP_STACK on arm64 by default, and cleans up the
> code by removing all associated CONFIG_VMAP_STACK conditionals.
> 
> This is a suggestion from Will Deacon from another discussion[1].
> 
> With VMAP_STACK now always enabled on arm64, the code can be
> significantly simplified, reducing complexity and potential for
> misconfiguration.
> 
> Overview of Changes
> 
>     * Remove all #ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK and related runtime checks
>       throughout the architecture codebase.
>     * Replace runtime checks with build-time assertions where
>       appropriate.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aGfYL8eXjTA9puQr@willie-the-truck/ [1]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao at debian.org>

Nice!

Aside from a minor comment on the first patch, this all looks good to
me. For the series:

Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>

Mark.

> ---
> Breno Leitao (8):
>       arm64: Enable VMAP_STACK support
>       arm64: efi: Remove CONFIG_VMAP_STACK check
>       arm64: Remove CONFIG_VMAP_STACK conditionals from THREAD_SHIFT and THREAD_ALIGN
>       arm64: remove CONFIG_VMAP_STACK conditionals from irq stack setup
>       arm64: remove CONFIG_VMAP_STACK conditionals from traps overflow stack
>       arm64: remove CONFIG_VMAP_STACK checks from stacktrace overflow logic
>       arm64: remove CONFIG_VMAP_STACK checks from SDEI stack handling
>       arm64: remove CONFIG_VMAP_STACK checks from entry code
> 
>  arch/arm64/Kconfig                  |  1 +
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h     |  6 +-----
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/stacktrace.h |  6 +-----
>  arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c             |  5 -----
>  arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c    |  2 --
>  arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S           |  6 ------
>  arch/arm64/kernel/irq.c             | 13 -------------
>  arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c            |  8 ++------
>  arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c      |  4 +---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c           |  3 ---
>  10 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: 9dd1757493416310a5e71146a08bc228869f8dae
> change-id: 20250707-arm64_vmap-fa70ba3c9cfb
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Breno Leitao <leitao at debian.org>
> 



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