[PATCH v3 1/2] arm64/mm: Allow __create_pgd_mapping() to propagate pgtable_alloc() errors

Kevin Brodsky kevin.brodsky at arm.com
Thu Oct 16 23:59:03 PDT 2025


On 17/10/2025 07:24, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
>> index b8d37eb037fc..638cb4df31a9 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
>> @@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
>>  #define NO_CONT_MAPPINGS	BIT(1)
>>  #define NO_EXEC_MAPPINGS	BIT(2)	/* assumes FEAT_HPDS is not used */
>>  
>> +#define INVALID_PHYS_ADDR	(-1ULL)
>> +
> Should this be defined as (~(phys_addr_t)0) instead ? Probably
> INVALID_PHYS_ADDR macro should be made generic as well as this
> is being used in multiple places. But that's besides the point
> here.

This patch is simply moving the definition higher in the file, so I
think it should leave it unchanged. Moving the definition to a generic
header (in a separate patch/series) would clearly be a good idea though.

- Kevin

> arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c			#define INVALID_PHYS_ADDR   (-1ULL)
> arch/s390/boot/vmem.c			#define INVALID_PHYS_ADDR (~(phys_addr_t)0)
> drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/iova_domain.h	#define INVALID_PHYS_ADDR (~(phys_addr_t)0)
> kernel/dma/swiotlb.c			#define INVALID_PHYS_ADDR (~(phys_addr_t)0)



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