[PATCH] arm64: traps: Add a macro to simplify the condition codes check

From: Jinjie Ruan

Date: Fri Mar 20 2026 - 04:27:45 EST


Add DEFINE_COND_CHECK macro to define the simple __check_* functions
to simplify the condition codes check.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c | 59 ++++++++++-----------------------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
index 914282016069..6216fe9e8e42 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -49,45 +49,21 @@
#include <asm/system_misc.h>
#include <asm/sysreg.h>

-static bool __kprobes __check_eq(unsigned long pstate)
-{
- return (pstate & PSR_Z_BIT) != 0;
-}
-
-static bool __kprobes __check_ne(unsigned long pstate)
-{
- return (pstate & PSR_Z_BIT) == 0;
-}
-
-static bool __kprobes __check_cs(unsigned long pstate)
-{
- return (pstate & PSR_C_BIT) != 0;
-}
-
-static bool __kprobes __check_cc(unsigned long pstate)
-{
- return (pstate & PSR_C_BIT) == 0;
-}
-
-static bool __kprobes __check_mi(unsigned long pstate)
-{
- return (pstate & PSR_N_BIT) != 0;
-}
-
-static bool __kprobes __check_pl(unsigned long pstate)
-{
- return (pstate & PSR_N_BIT) == 0;
-}
-
-static bool __kprobes __check_vs(unsigned long pstate)
-{
- return (pstate & PSR_V_BIT) != 0;
-}
-
-static bool __kprobes __check_vc(unsigned long pstate)
-{
- return (pstate & PSR_V_BIT) == 0;
-}
+#define DEFINE_COND_CHECK(name, flag, expected) \
+static bool __kprobes __check_##name(unsigned long pstate) \
+{ \
+ return ((pstate & (flag)) != 0) == (expected); \
+}
+
+DEFINE_COND_CHECK(eq, PSR_Z_BIT, true)
+DEFINE_COND_CHECK(ne, PSR_Z_BIT, false)
+DEFINE_COND_CHECK(cs, PSR_C_BIT, true)
+DEFINE_COND_CHECK(cc, PSR_C_BIT, false)
+DEFINE_COND_CHECK(mi, PSR_N_BIT, true)
+DEFINE_COND_CHECK(pl, PSR_N_BIT, false)
+DEFINE_COND_CHECK(vs, PSR_V_BIT, true)
+DEFINE_COND_CHECK(vc, PSR_V_BIT, false)
+DEFINE_COND_CHECK(al, 0, false) /* Always true */

static bool __kprobes __check_hi(unsigned long pstate)
{
@@ -131,11 +107,6 @@ static bool __kprobes __check_le(unsigned long pstate)
return (temp & PSR_N_BIT) != 0;
}

-static bool __kprobes __check_al(unsigned long pstate)
-{
- return true;
-}
-
/*
* Note that the ARMv8 ARM calls condition code 0b1111 "nv", but states that
* it behaves identically to 0b1110 ("al").
--
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