1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/rust/kernel/io.rs b/rust/kernel/io.rs
index b8d0fb27f6ae..98e8b84e68d1 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/io.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/io.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ pub mod resource;
 
 pub use resource::Resource;
 
+/// Physical address type.
+///
+/// This is a type alias to either `u32` or `u64` depending on the config option
+/// `CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT`, and it can be a u64 even on 32-bit architectures.
+pub type PhysAddr = bindings::phys_addr_t;
+
 /// Resource Size type.
 ///
 /// This is a type alias to either `u32` or `u64` depending on the config option
@@ -70,8 +76,16 @@ impl<const SIZE: usize> IoRaw<SIZE> {
 /// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```no_run
-/// # use kernel::{bindings, ffi::c_void, io::{Io, IoRaw}};
-/// # use core::ops::Deref;
+/// use kernel::{
+///     bindings,
+///     ffi::c_void,
+///     io::{
+///         Io,
+///         IoRaw,
+///         PhysAddr,
+///     },
+/// };
+/// use core::ops::Deref;
 ///
 /// // See also [`pci::Bar`] for a real example.
 /// struct IoMem<const SIZE: usize>(IoRaw<SIZE>);
@@ -84,7 +98,7 @@ impl<const SIZE: usize> IoRaw<SIZE> {
 ///     unsafe fn new(paddr: usize) -> Result<Self>{
 ///         // SAFETY: By the safety requirements of this function [`paddr`, `paddr` + `SIZE`) is
 ///         // valid for `ioremap`.
-///         let addr = unsafe { bindings::ioremap(paddr as bindings::phys_addr_t, SIZE) };
+///         let addr = unsafe { bindings::ioremap(paddr as PhysAddr, SIZE) };
 ///         if addr.is_null() {
 ///             return Err(ENOMEM);
 ///         }