linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.19 1/4] ehca: assure 4k alignment for firmware control block in 64k page mode

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Date:	Mon, 6 Nov 2006 17:13:44 +0100
From:	Hoang-Nam Nguyen <HNGUYEN@...ibm.com>
To:	heicars2@...ibm.com
Cc:	Christoph Raisch <raisch@...ibm.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, openib-general@...nib.org,
	rolandd@...co.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.19 1/4] ehca: assure 4k alignment for firmware control block
 in 64k page mode

heicars2@...ltcfwd.linux.ibm.com wrote on 06.11.2006 15:58:39:
> Maybe you want to make sure that ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock() always returns
a
> void pointer, so you can avoid all the casts in your code?
> static inline void *ehca_alloc_fw_ctrlblock(void)
> {
>    return (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
> }
Yes, good point. That helps to avoid different warnings between
4k and 64k page modes.
Thx
Nam

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