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

Hoang-Nam Nguyen HNGUYEN at de.ibm.com
Mon Nov 6 08:13:44 PST 2006


heicars2 at de.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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