linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Make virt_to

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Date:   Wed, 23 Aug 2023 21:55:55 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Make virt_to_pfn() a static inline

On Wed, 09 Aug 2023 10:07:13 +0200, Linus Walleij 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.
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/1] powerpc: Make virt_to_pfn() a static inline
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/58b6fed89ab0f602de0d143c617c29c3d4c67429

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