generic: add phys_addr_t for holding physical addresses

Add a kernel-wide "phys_addr_t" which is guaranteed to be able to hold
any physical address.  By default it equals the word size of the
architecture, but a 32-bit architecture can set ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
if it needs a 64-bit phys_addr_t.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index d4a9ce6e2760..022c668496da 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ typedef u64 resource_size_t;
 typedef u32 resource_size_t;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
+typedef u64 phys_addr_t;
+#else
+typedef u32 phys_addr_t;
+#endif
+
 struct ustat {
         __kernel_daddr_t        f_tfree;
         __kernel_ino_t          f_tinode;