Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Making virt_to_pfn() a static inline taking a strongly typed > (const void *) makes the contract of a passing a pointer of that > type to the function explicit and exposes any misuse of the > macro virt_to_pfn() acting polymorphic and accepting many types > such as (void *), (unitptr_t) or (unsigned long) as arguments > without warnings. ... > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h > index f2b6bf5687d0..9ee4b6d4a82a 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h > +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h > @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ > #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ > #include <linux/types.h> > #include <linux/kernel.h> > +#include <linux/bug.h> > #else > #include <asm/types.h> > #endif > @@ -119,16 +120,6 @@ extern long long virt_phys_offset; > #define ARCH_PFN_OFFSET ((unsigned long)(MEMORY_START >> PAGE_SHIFT)) > #endif > > -#define virt_to_pfn(kaddr) (__pa(kaddr) >> PAGE_SHIFT) > -#define virt_to_page(kaddr) pfn_to_page(virt_to_pfn(kaddr)) > -#define pfn_to_kaddr(pfn) __va((pfn) << PAGE_SHIFT) > - > -#define virt_addr_valid(vaddr) ({ \ > - unsigned long _addr = (unsigned long)vaddr; \ > - _addr >= PAGE_OFFSET && _addr < (unsigned long)high_memory && \ > - pfn_valid(virt_to_pfn(_addr)); \ > -}) > - > /* > * On Book-E parts we need __va to parse the device tree and we can't > * determine MEMORY_START until then. However we can determine PHYSICAL_START > @@ -233,6 +224,25 @@ extern long long virt_phys_offset; > #endif > #endif > > +#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ > +static inline unsigned long virt_to_pfn(const void *kaddr) > +{ > + return __pa(kaddr) >> PAGE_SHIFT; > +} > + > +static inline const void *pfn_to_kaddr(unsigned long pfn) > +{ > + return (const void *)(((unsigned long)__va(pfn)) << PAGE_SHIFT); Any reason to do it this way rather than: + return __va(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT); Seems to be equivalent and much cleaner? cheers