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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 06/22] arm64: sys_reg: Define System register encoding
On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 06:01:55PM +0100, Suzuki K. Poulose wrote:
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
> @@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
>
> #include <asm/opcodes.h>
>
> -#define SCTLR_EL1_CP15BEN (0x1 << 5)
> -#define SCTLR_EL1_SED (0x1 << 8)
> -
> /*
> - * ARMv8 ARM reserves the following encoding for system registers:
> + * sys_reg: Defines the ARMv8 ARM encoding for the System register.
> + *
> + * ARMv8 ARM reserves the following encoding for system registers in the
> + * instructions accessing them.

Nitpick: the sentence should end with a colon.

> * (Ref: ARMv8 ARM, Section: "System instruction class encoding overview",
> * C5.2, version:ARM DDI 0487A.f)
> * [20-19] : Op0
> @@ -34,15 +34,40 @@
> * [15-12] : CRn
> * [11-8] : CRm
> * [7-5] : Op2
> + * Hence we use [ sys_reg() << 5 ] in the mrs/msr instructions.

Do we really need to have all the ids shifted right by 5? I can't see
where it helps. OTOH, it makes the code more complicated by having to
remember to shift the id left by 5.

> + *

Nitpick: no need for another line.

--
Catalin


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