[PATCH 01/10] arm64: mm: Introduce a C wrapper for by-level TLB invalidation helpers
Ryan Roberts
ryan.roberts at arm.com
Mon Jul 14 01:38:39 PDT 2025
On 11/07/2025 17:17, Will Deacon wrote:
> In preparation for reducing our reliance on complex preprocessor macros
> for TLB invalidation routines, introduce a new C wrapper for by-level
> TLB invalidation helpers which can be used instead of the __tlbi() macro
> and can additionally be called from C code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
> index aa9efee17277..1c7548ec6cb7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
> @@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ static inline unsigned long get_trans_granule(void)
> }
> }
>
> +enum tlbi_op {
> + vae1is,
> + vae2is,
> + vale1is,
> + vale2is,
> + vaale1is,
> + ipas2e1,
> + ipas2e1is,
> +};
> +
> /*
> * Level-based TLBI operations.
> *
> @@ -105,6 +115,27 @@ static inline unsigned long get_trans_granule(void)
>
> #define TLBI_TTL_UNKNOWN INT_MAX
>
> +#define __GEN_TLBI_OP_CASE(op) \
nit: my personal preference would be to explicitly pass arg into the macro
instead of implicitly picking it from the parent context.
> + case op: \
> + __tlbi(op, arg); \
> + break
> +
> +static __always_inline void __tlbi_level_op(const enum tlbi_op op, u64 arg)
> +{
> + switch (op) {
> + __GEN_TLBI_OP_CASE(vae1is);
> + __GEN_TLBI_OP_CASE(vae2is);
> + __GEN_TLBI_OP_CASE(vale1is);
> + __GEN_TLBI_OP_CASE(vale2is);
> + __GEN_TLBI_OP_CASE(vaale1is);
> + __GEN_TLBI_OP_CASE(ipas2e1);
> + __GEN_TLBI_OP_CASE(ipas2e1is);
> + default:
> + BUILD_BUG();
> + }
> +}
> +#undef __GEN_TLBI_OP_CASE
> +
> #define __tlbi_level(op, addr, level) do { \
> u64 arg = addr; \
> \
> @@ -116,7 +147,7 @@ static inline unsigned long get_trans_granule(void)
> arg |= FIELD_PREP(TLBI_TTL_MASK, ttl); \
> } \
> \
> - __tlbi(op, arg); \
> + __tlbi_level_op(op, arg); \
> } while(0)
>
> #define __tlbi_user_level(op, arg, level) do { \
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