> +phys_addr_t __init of_dma_get_max_cpu_address(struct device_node *np) > +{ > + phys_addr_t max_cpu_addr = PHYS_ADDR_MAX; > + struct of_range_parser parser; > + phys_addr_t subtree_max_addr; > + struct device_node *child; > + phys_addr_t cpu_end = 0; > + struct of_range range; > + const __be32 *ranges; > + int len; > + > + if (!np) > + np = of_root; Requiring of_root to be passed explicitly would seem more natural to me than the magic NULL argument. There doesn't seem to be any precedent for that kind of calling convention either.