[PATCH] arm64: traps: Add a macro to simplify the condition codes check
Anshuman Khandual
anshuman.khandual at arm.com
Wed Apr 22 22:29:09 PDT 2026
On 20/03/26 1:58 PM, Jinjie Ruan wrote:
> Add DEFINE_COND_CHECK macro to define the simple __check_* functions
> to simplify the condition codes check.
>
> No functional changes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie at huawei.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c | 59 ++++++++++-----------------------------
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
> index 914282016069..6216fe9e8e42 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
> @@ -49,45 +49,21 @@
> #include <asm/system_misc.h>
> #include <asm/sysreg.h>
>
> -static bool __kprobes __check_eq(unsigned long pstate)
> -{
> - return (pstate & PSR_Z_BIT) != 0;
> -}
> -
> -static bool __kprobes __check_ne(unsigned long pstate)
> -{
> - return (pstate & PSR_Z_BIT) == 0;
> -}
> -
> -static bool __kprobes __check_cs(unsigned long pstate)
> -{
> - return (pstate & PSR_C_BIT) != 0;
> -}
> -
> -static bool __kprobes __check_cc(unsigned long pstate)
> -{
> - return (pstate & PSR_C_BIT) == 0;
> -}
> -
> -static bool __kprobes __check_mi(unsigned long pstate)
> -{
> - return (pstate & PSR_N_BIT) != 0;
> -}
> -
> -static bool __kprobes __check_pl(unsigned long pstate)
> -{
> - return (pstate & PSR_N_BIT) == 0;
> -}
> -
> -static bool __kprobes __check_vs(unsigned long pstate)
> -{
> - return (pstate & PSR_V_BIT) != 0;
> -}
> -
> -static bool __kprobes __check_vc(unsigned long pstate)
> -{
> - return (pstate & PSR_V_BIT) == 0;
> -}
> +#define DEFINE_COND_CHECK(name, flag, expected) \
> +static bool __kprobes __check_##name(unsigned long pstate) \
> +{ \
> + return ((pstate & (flag)) != 0) == (expected); \
> +}
> +
> +DEFINE_COND_CHECK(eq, PSR_Z_BIT, true)
> +DEFINE_COND_CHECK(ne, PSR_Z_BIT, false)
> +DEFINE_COND_CHECK(cs, PSR_C_BIT, true)
> +DEFINE_COND_CHECK(cc, PSR_C_BIT, false)
> +DEFINE_COND_CHECK(mi, PSR_N_BIT, true)
> +DEFINE_COND_CHECK(pl, PSR_N_BIT, false)
> +DEFINE_COND_CHECK(vs, PSR_V_BIT, true)
> +DEFINE_COND_CHECK(vc, PSR_V_BIT, false)
> +DEFINE_COND_CHECK(al, 0, false) /* Always true */
(((pstate & 0 == 0) != 0) == false) ---> return true
Although this looks OK but wondering if __check_al() should
be left unchanged for simplicity. OR could all its call sites
be changed assuming an unconditional 'true' return thus later
__check_al() can be dropped.
>
> static bool __kprobes __check_hi(unsigned long pstate)
> {
> @@ -131,11 +107,6 @@ static bool __kprobes __check_le(unsigned long pstate)
> return (temp & PSR_N_BIT) != 0;
> }
>
> -static bool __kprobes __check_al(unsigned long pstate)
> -{
> - return true;
> -}
> -
> /*
> * Note that the ARMv8 ARM calls condition code 0b1111 "nv", but states that
> * it behaves identically to 0b1110 ("al").
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