/* utility functions */
 
-static struct tb_cfg_header make_header(u64 route)
-{
-       struct tb_cfg_header header = {
-               .route_hi = route >> 32,
-               .route_lo = route,
-       };
-       /* check for overflow, route_hi is not 32 bits! */
-       WARN_ON(tb_cfg_get_route(&header) != route);
-       return header;
-}
-
 static int check_header(struct ctl_pkg *pkg, u32 len, enum tb_cfg_pkg_type type,
                        u64 route)
 {
                 enum tb_cfg_error error)
 {
        struct cfg_error_pkg pkg = {
-               .header = make_header(route),
+               .header = tb_cfg_make_header(route),
                .port = port,
                .error = error,
        };
                                  int timeout_msec)
 {
        int err;
-       struct cfg_reset_pkg request = { .header = make_header(route) };
+       struct cfg_reset_pkg request = { .header = tb_cfg_make_header(route) };
        struct tb_cfg_header reply;
 
        err = tb_ctl_tx(ctl, &request, sizeof(request), TB_CFG_PKG_RESET);
 {
        struct tb_cfg_result res = { 0 };
        struct cfg_read_pkg request = {
-               .header = make_header(route),
+               .header = tb_cfg_make_header(route),
                .addr = {
                        .port = port,
                        .space = space,
 {
        struct tb_cfg_result res = { 0 };
        struct cfg_write_pkg request = {
-               .header = make_header(route),
+               .header = tb_cfg_make_header(route),
                .addr = {
                        .port = port,
                        .space = space,
 
        return (u64) header->route_hi << 32 | header->route_lo;
 }
 
+static inline struct tb_cfg_header tb_cfg_make_header(u64 route)
+{
+       struct tb_cfg_header header = {
+               .route_hi = route >> 32,
+               .route_lo = route,
+       };
+       /* check for overflow, route_hi is not 32 bits! */
+       WARN_ON(tb_cfg_get_route(&header) != route);
+       return header;
+}
+
 int tb_cfg_error(struct tb_ctl *ctl, u64 route, u32 port,
                 enum tb_cfg_error error);
 struct tb_cfg_result tb_cfg_reset(struct tb_ctl *ctl, u64 route,