From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Cleanup/fix virt_to_maddr
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:48:22 +0000
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On 24/1/07 09:06, "Christoph Egger" <Christoph.Egger@amd.com> wrote:

> Where virt_to_maddr() or __pa() is used, paddr_t is mostly expected rather
> unsigned long. This may fix random issues in PAE mode.

They're only used on Xen heap virtual addresses whose physical addresses are
always below 64MB. So there should be no issues in returning a ulong.

 -- Keir