[PATCH 07/15] efi: types: implement efi_phys_to_virt/efi_virt_to_phys helpers

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Mon Jun 2 05:13:12 PDT 2025


On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 11:22:52PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> From: Ahmad Fatoum <ahmad at a3f.at>
> 
> We shouldn't have any physical addresses exceeding 32-bit on 64-bit
> systems,

Why? Aren't 64bit physical addresses normal on 64bit systems?

> especially as barebox doesn't implement ARM32 LPAE.

This patch doesn't seem to be Arm specific, so why mention ARM32 LPAE
here?

I think I am missing something here.

Sascha

> 
> Add helpers to convert between the types to be able to drop casts and
> checks in the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at barebox.org>
> ---
>  include/efi/types.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/efi/types.h b/include/efi/types.h
> index c845d08d62b6..85aaf32f8f1d 100644
> --- a/include/efi/types.h
> +++ b/include/efi/types.h
> @@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
>  #ifndef _EFI_TYPES_H_
>  #define _EFI_TYPES_H_
>  
> +#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
> +
>  #include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/limits.h>
> +#include <linux/stddef.h>
>  #include <linux/compiler.h>
>  #include <linux/uuid.h>
>  
> @@ -65,4 +69,17 @@ union efi_ip_address {
>  	struct efi_ipv6_address v6;
>  };
>  
> +static inline void *efi_phys_to_virt(efi_physical_addr_t addr)
> +{
> +	if (addr > UINTPTR_MAX)
> +		__builtin_trap();
> +
> +	return (void *)(uintptr_t)addr;
> +}
> +
> +static inline efi_physical_addr_t efi_virt_to_phys(const void *addr)
> +{
> +	return (uintptr_t)addr;
> +}
> +
>  #endif
> -- 
> 2.39.5
> 
> 
> 

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