linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 12/12] m68k/mm: Make pfn accessors static inlines

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVFX6vtiiNgZyXTLmhcxdsyOwRL3kb3tDZ4E_LUN2MaeA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 24 May 2023 12:13:47 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Greg Ungerer <gerg@...ux-m68k.org>, linux-mm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
        linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 12/12] m68k/mm: Make pfn accessors static inlines

On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 4:05 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:
> 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.
>
> For symmetry, do the same with pfn_to_virt().
>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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