[PATCH v2 1/5] riscv: mm: Extract helper mark_new_valid_map()

Vivian Wang wangruikang at iscas.ac.cn
Mon Mar 2 21:29:45 PST 2026


In preparation of a future patch using the same mechanism for
non-vmalloc addresses, extract the mark_new_valid_map() helper from
flush_cache_vmap().

No functional change intended.

Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Vivian Wang <wangruikang at iscas.ac.cn>
---
 arch/riscv/include/asm/cacheflush.h | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 0092513c3376..b1a2ac665792 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -43,20 +43,23 @@ do {							\
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 extern u64 new_vmalloc[NR_CPUS / sizeof(u64) + 1];
 extern char _end[];
+static inline void mark_new_valid_map(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	/*
+	 * We don't care if concurrently a cpu resets this value since
+	 * the only place this can happen is in handle_exception() where
+	 * an sfence.vma is emitted.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(new_vmalloc); ++i)
+		new_vmalloc[i] = -1ULL;
+}
 #define flush_cache_vmap flush_cache_vmap
 static inline void flush_cache_vmap(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	if (is_vmalloc_or_module_addr((void *)start)) {
-		int i;
-
-		/*
-		 * We don't care if concurrently a cpu resets this value since
-		 * the only place this can happen is in handle_exception() where
-		 * an sfence.vma is emitted.
-		 */
-		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(new_vmalloc); ++i)
-			new_vmalloc[i] = -1ULL;
-	}
+	if (is_vmalloc_or_module_addr((void *)start))
+		mark_new_valid_map();
 }
 #define flush_cache_vmap_early(start, end)	local_flush_tlb_kernel_range(start, end)
 #endif

-- 
2.53.0




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