[PATCH V3 0/2] arm64/debug: Drop redundant DBG_MDSCR_* macros

Anshuman Khandual anshuman.khandual at arm.com
Mon Jun 9 22:31:26 PDT 2025


MDSCR_EL1 has already been defined in tools sysreg format and hence can be
used in all debug monitor related call paths. Subsequently all DBG_MDSCR_*
macros become redundant and hence can be dropped off completely. While here
convert all variables handling MDSCR_EL1 register as u64 which reflects its
true width as well.

This series applies on v6.16-rc1

Changes in V3:

- Split out the self test changes into a separate patch per Mark
- Added RB tag from Ada

Changes in V2:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250508044752.234543-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/

- Changed reg, val width to u64 in cortex_a76_erratum_1463225_svc_handler() per Ada
- Changed mdscr register width to uint64_t in enable_monitor_debug_exceptions() and
  install_ss() per Ada
    
Changes in V1:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250417105253.3188976-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Cc: Ada Couprie Diaz <ada.coupriediaz at arm.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org

Anshuman Khandual (2):
  arm64/debug: Drop redundant DBG_MDSCR_* macros
  KVM: selftests: Change MDSCR_EL1 register holding variables as uint64_t

 arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h            |  4 ++--
 arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h       |  6 -----
 arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c            | 22 +++++++++----------
 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c              |  4 ++--
 .../selftests/kvm/arm64/debug-exceptions.c    |  4 ++--
 5 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

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