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+/*
+ * Helper Functions
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * Author(s): Jason J. Herne <jjherne@us.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or (at
+ * your option) any later version. See the COPYING file in the top-level
+ * directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef S390_CCW_HELPER_H
+#define S390_CCW_HELPER_H
+
+#include "s390-ccw.h"
+
+/* Avoids compiler warnings when casting a pointer to a u32 */
+static inline uint32_t ptr2u32(void *ptr)
+{
+ IPL_assert((uint64_t)ptr <= 0xffffffff, "ptr2u32: ptr too large");
+ return (uint32_t)(uint64_t)ptr;
+}
+
+/* Avoids compiler warnings when casting a u32 to a pointer */
+static inline void *u32toptr(uint32_t n)
+{
+ return (void *)(uint64_t)n;
+}
+
+#endif