linux/kernel.h: Add PTR_ALIGN_DOWN macro

Add a macro for aligning down a pointer. This is useful to get an
aligned register address when a device allows only word access and
doesn't allow half word or byte access.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200722110317.4744-4-kishon@ti.com
Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
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Kishon Vijay Abraham I 2020-07-22 16:33:05 +05:30 committed by Lorenzo Pieralisi
parent 19abcd790b
commit 229f5879fa

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@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#define ALIGN_DOWN(x, a) __ALIGN_KERNEL((x) - ((a) - 1), (a))
#define __ALIGN_MASK(x, mask) __ALIGN_KERNEL_MASK((x), (mask))
#define PTR_ALIGN(p, a) ((typeof(p))ALIGN((unsigned long)(p), (a)))
#define PTR_ALIGN_DOWN(p, a) ((typeof(p))ALIGN_DOWN((unsigned long)(p), (a)))
#define IS_ALIGNED(x, a) (((x) & ((typeof(x))(a) - 1)) == 0)
/* generic data direction definitions */