Re: [PATCH 0/6] arm64/mm: TTBRx_EL1 related changes

From: Anshuman Khandual

Date: Thu Nov 13 2025 - 04:18:49 EST


On 03/11/25 10:56 AM, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> This series contains some TTBRx_EL1 related changes, aimed at standardizing
> TTBRx_EL1 register field accesses via tools sysreg format and also explains
> 52 PA specific handling methods via a new macro along with in code comments
>
> This series applies on v6.18-rc4
>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Anshuman Khandual (6):
> arm64/mm: Directly use TTBRx_EL1_ASID_MASK
> arm64/mm: Directly use TTBRx_EL1_CnP
> arm64/mm: Represent TTBR_BADDR_MASK_52 with TTBRx_EL1_BADDR_MASK
> arm64/mm: Ensure correct 48 bit PA gets into TTBRx_EL1
> arm64/mm: Describe 52 PA folding into TTBRx_EL1
> arm64/mm: Describe TTBR1_BADDR_4852_OFFSET
>
> arch/arm64/include/asm/asm-uaccess.h | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h | 3 ++-
> arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-hwdef.h | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 5 +++--
> arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h | 6 +++---
> arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c | 4 ++--
> arch/arm64/mm/context.c | 8 ++++----
> arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 2 +-
> 10 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

Gentle ping. Beside [PATCH 4/6] (which can be dropped as indicated by Mark)
any concerns regarding reset of these changes here ?