[PATCH 1/2] arm64: mte-kasan: Use IS_ENABLED() rather than ALTERNATIVE() 'cfg' parameter
Vladimir Murzin
vladimir.murzin at arm.com
Tue Sep 22 04:25:28 PDT 2026
On 9/2/26 12:32, Mark Rutland wrote:
> The ALTERNATIVE() macro accepts an optional 'cfg' parameter, which
> accepts a CONFIG_* symbol. Where a CONFIG_* symbol is provided, but is
> not selected, the ALTERNATIVE() macro will expand to nothing.
>
> It would be nicer overall to remove the 'cfg' parameter and to have an
> explicit check for 'cfg' outside of the asm() block. This is clearer to
> a reader, and permits the compiler to elide the asm() block when 'cfg'
> is not selected.
>
> In the mte-kasan code, replace the usage of the 'cfg' parameter with an
> explicit IS_ENABLED() check.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> Cc: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h | 10 ++++++----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h
> index 3521392719189..de910f1c19e1b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h
> @@ -53,14 +53,16 @@ static inline bool system_uses_mte_async_or_asymm_mode(void)
> */
> static inline void mte_disable_tco(void)
> {
> - asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE("nop", SET_PSTATE_TCO(0),
> - ARM64_MTE, CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS));
> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS))
> + return;
> + asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE("nop", SET_PSTATE_TCO(0), ARM64_MTE));
> }
>
> static inline void mte_enable_tco(void)
> {
> - asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE("nop", SET_PSTATE_TCO(1),
> - ARM64_MTE, CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS));
> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS))
> + return;
> + asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE("nop", SET_PSTATE_TCO(1), ARM64_MTE));
> }
>
> /*
> -- 2.30.2
>
Looks reasonable, FWIW
Reviewed-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin at arm.com>
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