Re: [RFC PATCH 02/34] ARM: mm: make 2-level pgd_t a scalar

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2026, at 15:55, Yeoreum Yun wrote:
> From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> We don't want pgd_t to be an array, as it prohibits returning it from a
> function, like pgdp_get().

What should pgdp_get() return on ARM 2-stage page tables then?
Does it return just the first entry or concatenate the two?

> +typedef u64 pgdval_t;

> +static inline pmdval_t pgd_val(pgd_t pgd)
> +{
> +	return (*(pmdval_t (*)[2])&pgd)[0];
> +}

This could use a comment to explain what this actually
returns and why the second entry is discarded.

      Arnd