On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 10:08:21AM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:

On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 10:41:41AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:

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Replace READ_ONCE() with standard page table accessors i.e pxdp_get() which
anyways default into READ_ONCE() in cases where platform do not override.

For each of the patches where you make this sort of change, please
explain in the commit message *why* it is necessary to do this.

IIUC the entire point of this is that in subsequent patches, arm64 will
need to use something other than READ_ONCE() for all pXX levels in order
to support D128 translation tables.

Spelling that out in the commit message makes it much easier for
reviewers to see what's going on, and to focus any discussion/questions,
e.g. *why* won't READ_ONCE() work?

That, and only being sent *one* patch, I have no clue what the rest of
them are doing. Didn't even get 0/n.

I hate people sending me just one patch; just send the whole series
already.