Subject: [PATCH] arm64/mm: use phys_addr_t

From: [email-masked] (Mark Rutland)
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:45:54 +0000

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 11:27:48AM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On 13 January 2017 at 11:22, Mark Rutland <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 01:59:35PM +0800, miles.chen at mediatek.com wrote:
> >> From: Miles Chen <[email-masked]>
> >>
> >> Use phys_addr_t instead of unsigned long for the
> >> return value of __pa(), make code easy to understand.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Miles Chen <[email-masked]>
> >
> > This looks sensible to me. It's consistent with the types these
> > variables are compared against, and with the types of function
> > parameters these are passed as.
> >
> 
> Indeed. But doesn't it clash with Laura's series?

Good point.

Yes, but only for the RHS of the assignment changing. This'll need to be
rebased atop of the arm64 for-next/core branch, or Catalin/Will might
fix it up when applying, perhaps?

Thanks,
Mark.

> > Acked-by: Mark Rutland <[email-masked]>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark.
> >
> >> ---
> >>  arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 4 ++--
> >>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> >> index 17243e4..7eb7c21 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> >> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> >> @@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ static void create_mapping_late(phys_addr_t phys, unsigned long virt,
> >>
> >>  static void __init __map_memblock(pgd_t *pgd, phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t end)
> >>  {
> >> -     unsigned long kernel_start = __pa(_text);
> >> -     unsigned long kernel_end = __pa(__init_begin);
> >> +     phys_addr_t kernel_start = __pa(_text);
> >> +     phys_addr_t kernel_end = __pa(__init_begin);
> >>
> >>       /*
> >>        * Take care not to create a writable alias for the
> >> --
> >> 1.9.1
> >>
> >>
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