Re: [PATCH RESEND] arm64: entry: drop the unused tmp2 argument of mte_set_kernel_gcr()

From: Vladimir Murzin

Date: Fri Oct 09 2026 - 06:44:38 EST


On 10/7/26 18:45, Bradley Morgan wrote:
> mte_set_kernel_gcr() takes a tmp2 argument the macro never uses. It
> used to, the body passed \tmp and \tmp2 to mte_set_gcr, then
> commit 82868247897b ("arm64: kasan: mte: use a constant kernel
> GCR_EL1 value") swapped that for
>
> mov \tmp, KERNEL_GCR_EL1
>
> and tmp2 stayed in the declaration and in the one caller, which
> passes x23 for it.
>
> Drop it, both places.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <brads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Resending, the first send's body got mangled.
>
> arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> index f63049ac32dc..c3106dee61e1 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
> #endif
> .endm
>
> - .macro mte_set_kernel_gcr, tmp, tmp2
> + .macro mte_set_kernel_gcr, tmp
> #ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS
> alternative_cb ARM64_ALWAYS_SYSTEM, kasan_hw_tags_enable
> b 1f
> @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
>
> apply_ssbd 1, x22, x23
>
> - mte_set_kernel_gcr x22, x23
> + mte_set_kernel_gcr x22
>
> /*
> * Any non-self-synchronizing system register updates required for
> -- 2.53.0
>

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@xxxxxxx>